Webster's Dictionary 1913

4780

Trifallow

Tri″fal′low (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Trifallowed (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Trifallowing.] [Pref. tri- + fallow. Cf. Thryfallow.] To plow the third time before sowing, as land. Mortimer.

4781

Trifarious

Tri‐fa″ri‐ous (?), a. [L. trifarius of three sorts or ways, threefold; cf. Gr. �. Cf. Bifarious.] (Bot.) Facing three ways; arranged in three vertical ranks, as the leaves of ve...

4782

Trifasciated

Tri‐fas″ci‐a′ted (?), a. [Pref. tri- + fasciated.] Having, or surrounded by, three fasciæ, or bands.

4783

Trifid

Tri″fid, a. [L. trifidus; tri- (see Tri-) + the root of findere to split: cf. F. trifide.] Cleft to the middle, or slightly beyond the middle, into three parts; three-cleft.

4784

Trifistulary

Tri‐fis″tu‐la‐ry (?), a. [Pref. tri- + fistula, fistular.] Having three pipes. Sir T. Browne.

4785

Trifle

Tri″fle (?), n. [OE. trifle, trufle, OF. trufle mockery, raillery, trifle, probably the same word as F. truffe truffle, the word being applied to any small or worthless object. ...

4786

Trifle (2)

Tri″fle, v. i. [imp. & p. p.Trifled (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Trifling (?).] [OE. trifelen, truflen. See Trifle, n.] To act or talk without seriousness, gravity, weight, or dignity; t...

4787

Trifle (3)

Tri″fle, v. t. 1. To make of no importance; to treat as a trifle. Shak.2. To spend in vanity; to fritter away; to waste; as, to trifle away money. “We trifle time.” Shak.

4788

Trifler

Tri″fler (?), n. One who trifles. Waterland.

4789

Trifling

Tri″fling (?), a. Being of small value or importance; trivial; paltry; as, a trifling debt; a trifling affair. — Tri″fling‐ly, adv. — Tri″fling‐ness, n.

4790

Trifloral

{ Tri‐flo″ral (?), Tri‐flo″rous (?), } a. [Pref. tri- + L. flos, floris, flower.] (Bot.) Three-flowered; having or bearing three flowers; as, a triflorous peduncle.

4791

Trifluctuation

Tri‐fluc′tu‐a″tion (?), n. [Pref. tri- + fluctuation.] A concurrence of three waves. “A trifluctuation of evils.” Sir T. Browne.

4792

Trifoliate

{ Tri‐fo″li‐ate (?), Tri‐fo″li‐a′ted (?), } a. [Tri- + foliate. Cf. Trefoil.] (Bot.) Having three leaves or leaflets, as clover. See Illust. of Shamrock.

4793

Trifoliolate

Tri‐fo″li‐o‐late (?), a. [Pref. tri- + foliolate.] (Bot.) Having three leaflets.

4794

Trifolium

‖Tri‐fo″li‐um (?), n.(Bot.) A genus of leguminous herbs with densely spiked flowers and usually trifoliate leaves; trefoil. There are many species, all of which are called clove...

4795

Trifoly

Tri″fo‐ly (?), n. [L. trifolium. See Trifoliate, Trefoil.] (Bot.) Sweet trefoil.She was crowned with a chaplet of trifoly. B. Jonson.

4796

Triforium

‖Tri‐fo″ri‐um (?), n. [LL., fr. L. tri- (see Tri-) + foris, pl. fores, a door.] (Arch.) The gallery or open space between the vaulting and the roof of the aisles of a church, of...

4797

Triform

Tri″form (?), a. [L. triformis; tri- (see Tri-) + forma form.] Having a triple form or character. “This triform antagonism.” I. Taylor.Goddess Triform, I own thy triple spell. L...

4798

Triformity

Tri‐form″i‐ty (?), n. [L. triformitas.] The state of being triform, or of having a threefold shape.

4799

Trifurcate

{ Tri‐fur″cate (?), Tri‐fur″ca‐ted (?), } a. [L. trifurcus; tri- (see Tri-) + furca fork.] Having three branches or forks; trichotomous.

4800

Trig

Trig (?), v. t. [Cf. Dan. trykke to press, Sw. trycka.] To fill; to stuff; to cram. Dr. H. More.

4801

Trig (2)

Trig, a. [Formerly written trick, akin to trick to dress.] Full; also, trim; neat.To sit on a horse square and trig. Brit. Quart. Rev.

4802

Trig (3)

Trig, v. t. [See Trigger.] To stop, as a wheel, by placing something under it; to scotch; to skid.

4803

Trig (4)

Trig, n. [See Trigger.] A stone, block of wood, or anything else, placed under a wheel or barrel to prevent motion; a scotch; a skid. Wright.

4804

Trigamist

Trig″a‐mist (?), n. [See Trigamy.] One who has been married three times; also, one who has three husbands or three wives at the same time.

4805

Trigamous

Trig″a‐mous (?), a. [L. trigamus a thrice-married man, Gr. � thrice married; � (see Tri-) + � marriage: cf. F. trigame.] (Bot.) Having three sorts of flowers in the same head, —...

4806

Trigamy

Trig″a‐my (?), n. [L. trigamia,Gr. �: cf. F. trigamie. See Trigamous.] The act of marrying, or the state of being married, three times; also, the offense of having three husband...