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Tributary (?), n.; pl. Tributaries (�). 1. A ruler or state that pays tribute, or a stated sum, to a conquering power, for the purpose of securing peace and protection, or as an acknowledgment of submission, or for the purchase of security.
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2. A stream or river flowing into a larger river or into a lake; an affluent.
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Tribute (?), n. [OE. tribut, L. tributum, fr. tribuere, tributum, to bestow, grant, pay, allot, assign, originally, to a tribe, from tribus tribe; cf. F. tribut. See , and cf. , .] 1. An annual or stated sum of money or other valuable thing, paid by one ruler or nation to another, either as an acknowledgment of submission, or as the price of peace and protection, or by virtue of some treaty; as, the Romans made their conquered countries pay tribute.
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Millions for defense, but not one cent for tribute. C. C. Pinckney.
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2. A personal contribution, as of money, praise, service, etc., made in token of services rendered, or as that which is due or deserved; as, a tribute of affection.
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Implores the passing tribute of a sigh. Gray.
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3. (Mining) A certain proportion of the ore raised, or of its value, given to the miner as his recompense. Pryce. Tomlinson.
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Coloq. Tribute money , money paid as a tribute or tax. -- Coloq. Tribute pitch . (Mining) See under . [Eng.]
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Syn. -- See .
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Tribute, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Tributed; p. pr. & vb. n. Tributing.] To pay as tribute. [R.] Whitlock (1654).
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Tributer (?), n. (Mining) One who works for a certain portion of the ore, or its value. [Eng.]
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☞ Tributers generally work in gangs, and have a limited portion of a lode set them, called a tribute pitch, beyond which they are not permitted to work, and for which they receive a certain portion of the ore, or so much per pound, as agreed upon, of the value of what they raise. Weale.
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Trica (?), n.; pl. Tricæ (#). [NL.] (Bot.) An apothecium in certain lichens, having a spherical surface marked with spiral or concentric ridges and furrows.
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Tricarballylic (?), a. [Pref. tri- + carboxyl + allyl + -ic.] (Chem.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, a complex tribasic organic acid, C3H5.(CO2H)3 occurring naturally in unripe beet roots, and produced artificially from glycerin as a white crystalline substance.
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Tricarbimide (?), n. [Pref. tri- + carbimide.] (Chem.) See under .
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Trice (?), v. t. [OE. trisen; of Scand. or Low German origin; cf. Sw. trissa a sheave, pulley, triss a spritsail brace, Dan. tridse a pulley, tridse to haul by means of a pulley, to trice, LG. trisse a pulley, D. trijsen to hoist.] [Written also trise.] 1. To pull; to haul; to drag; to pull away. [Obs.]
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Out of his seat I will him trice. Chaucer.
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2. (Naut.) To haul and tie up by means of a rope.
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Trice, n. [Sp. tris the noise made by the breaking of glass, an instant, en un tris in an instant; probably of imitative origin.] A very short time; an instant; a moment; -- now used only in the phrase in a trice. “With a trice.” Turbervile. “ On a trice.” Shak.
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A man shall make his fortune in a trice. Young.
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Tricennarious (?), a. Of or pertaining to thirty years; tricennial. [R.]
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Tricennial (?), a. [L. tricennium thirty years; triginta thirty + annus year: cf. L. tricennalis.] Of or pertaining to thirty years; consisting of thirty years; occurring once in every thirty years.
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Tricentenary (?), a. [Pref. tri- + centenary.] Including, or relating to, the interval of three hundred years; tercentenary. -- n. A period of three centuries, or three hundred years, also, the three-hundredth anniversary of any event; a tercentenary.
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Triceps (?), n. [NL., fr. L. triceps, having three beads; tres, tria, three + caput head: cf. F. triceps. See , and Chief.] (Anat.) A muscle having three heads; specif., the great extensor of the forearm, arising by three heads and inserted into the olecranon at the elbow.
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Trichiasis (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. �, fr. trix, trichos, hair.] (Med.) A disease of the eye, in which the eyelashes, being turned in upon the eyeball, produce constant irritation by the motion of the lids.
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Trichina (-nȧ), n.; pl. Trichinæ (#). [NL., fr. Gr. � hairy, made of hair, fr. trix, trichos, hair.] (Zoöl.) A small, slender nematoid worm (Trichina spiralis) which, in the larval state, is parasitic, often in immense numbers, in the voluntary muscles of man, the hog, and many other animals. When insufficiently cooked meat containing the larvæ is swallowed by man, they are liberated and rapidly become adult, pair, and the ovoviviparous females produce in a short time large numbers of young which find their way into the muscles, either directly, or indirectly by means of the blood. Their presence in the muscles and the intestines in large numbers produces trichinosis.
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Trichiniasis (?), n. [NL.] (Med.) Trichinosis.
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Trichinize (?), v. t. To render trichinous; to affect with trichinæ; -- chiefly used in the past participle; as, trichinized pork.
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Trichinoscope (?), n. [Trichina + -scope.] An apparatus for the detection of trichinæ in the flesh of animals, as of swine.
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Trichinosis (?), n. [NL. See .] (Med.) The disease produced by the presence of trichinæ in the muscles and intestinal track. It is marked by fever, muscular pains, and symptoms resembling those of typhoid fever, and is frequently fatal.
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Trichinous (?), a. Of or pertaining to trichinæ or trichinosis; affected with, or containing, trichinæ; as, trichinous meat.
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Trichite (?), n. [Gr. �, �, hair.]
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1. (Min.) A kind of crystallite resembling a bunch of hairs, common in obsidian. See Illust. of .
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2. (Zoöl.) A delicate, hairlike siliceous spicule, found in certain sponges.
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Coloq. Trichite sheaf (Zoöl.), one of the small sheaflike fascicles of slender setæ characteristic of certain sponges. See Illust. under .
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Trichiuriform (?), a. (Zoöl.) Like or pertaining to the genus Trichiurus or family Trichiuridæ, comprising the scabbard fishes and hairtails.
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Trichiuroid (?), a. [Trichiurus + -oid.] (Zoöl.) Of, like, or pertaining to, Trichiurus.
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Trichiurus (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. trix, trichos, a hair + o'yra tail.] (Zoöl.) A genus of fishes comprising the hairtails. See .
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Trichloride (?), n. [Pref. tri- + chloride.] (Chem.) A chloride having three atoms of chlorine in the molecule.
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Trichobranchia (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. trix, trichos, hair + branchia.] (Zoöl.) The gill of a crustacean in which the branchial filaments are slender and cylindrical, as in the crawfishes.
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Trichocyst (?), n. [Gr. trix, trichos, a hair + � bag.] (Zoöl.) A lasso cell.
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Trichogyne (?), n. [F., fr. Gr. trix, trichos, hair + � woman, female.] (Bot.) The slender, hairlike cell which receives the fertilizing particles, or antherozoids, in red seaweeds. -- Trichogynic (#), a.
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Trichomanes (?), n. [L., a kind of plant, from Gr. �.] (Bot.) Any fern of the genus Trichomanes. The fronds are very delicate and often translucent, and the sporangia are borne on threadlike receptacles rising from the middle of cup-shaped marginal involucres. Several species are common in conservatories; two are native in the United States.
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Trichomatose (?), a. [Gr. �, �, a growth of hair.] (Med.) Affected with a disease which causes agglutination and matting together; -- said of the hair when affected with plica. See , 1.
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Trichome (?), n. [See .] (Bot.) A hair on the surface of leaf or stem, or any modification of a hair, as a minute scale, or star, or gland. The sporangia of ferns are believed to be of the nature of trichomes. -- Trichomatous (#), a.
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Trichophore (?), n. [Gr. trix, trichos, hair + ferein to bear.] 1. (Bot.) The special cell in red algæ which produces or bears a trichogyne. See Illust. of .
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2. (Zoöl.) One of the saclike organs from which the setæ of annelids arise.
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-- Trichophoric (#), a.
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Trichopter (?), n. (Zoöl.) One of the Trichoptera.
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Trichoptera (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. trix, trichos, a hair + � wing.] (Zoöl.) A suborder of Neuroptera usually having the wings covered with minute hairs. It comprises the caddice flies, and is considered by some to be a distinct order.
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Trichopteran (?), (Zoöl.) One of the Trichoptera.
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Trichopterous (?), a. (Zoöl.) Of, pertaining to, or characterizing, the Trichoptera.
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Trichord (?), n. [Gr. � three stringed; � (see ) + � chord, or string.] (Mus.) An instrument, as a lyre or harp, having three strings.
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Trichoscolices (?), n. pl. [NL., from Gr. trix, trichos, hair + skwlhx a worm.] (Zoöl.) An extensive group of wormlike animals characterized by being more or less covered with cilia.
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Trichotomous (?), a. [See .] Divided into three parts, or into threes; three-forked; as, a trichotomous stem. Martyn.
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Trichotomy (?), n. [Gr. tricha threefold, in three parts + temnein to cut or divide: cf. F. trichotomie.] Division into three parts.
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Trichroic (?), a. Exhibiting trichroism; pleochroic; pleochroism.
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Trichroism (?), n. [Pref. tri- + Gr. � color: cf. F. trichroïsme.] (Min.) The quality possessed by some crystals of presenting different colors in three different directions.
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Trichromatic (?), a. [Pref. tri- + chromatic.] (Zoöl.) Having or existing in three different phases of color; having three distinct color varieties; -- said of certain birds and insects.
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Trichromatism (?), n. (Zoöl.) The quality, state, or phenomenon of being trichromatic.
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Trichromic (?), a. [Pref. tri- + Gr. � color.] (Opt.) Of, pertaining to, or consisting of, three colors or color sensations.
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Trichromic, a. [Pref. tri- + chromic.] (Chem.) Containing three atoms of chromium.
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Tricipital (?), a. [See .] (Anat.) Having three heads, or three origins; as, a tricipital muscle.
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Trick (?), n. [D. trek a pull, or drawing, a trick, trekken to draw; akin to LG. trekken, MHG. trecken, trechen, Dan. trække, and OFries. trekka. Cf. , , , a., .] 1. An artifice or stratagem; a cunning contrivance; a sly procedure, usually with a dishonest intent; as, a trick in trade.
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He comes to me for counsel, and I show him a trick. South.
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I know a trick worth two of that. Shak.
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2. A sly, dexterous, or ingenious procedure fitted to puzzle or amuse; as, a bear's tricks; a juggler's tricks.
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3. Mischievous or annoying behavior; a prank; as, the tricks of boys. Prior.
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4. A particular habit or manner; a peculiarity; a trait; as, a trick of drumming with the fingers; a trick of frowning.
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The trick of that voice I do well remember. Shak.
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He hath a trick of Cœur de Lion's face. Shak.
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5. A knot, braid, or plait of hair. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
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6. (Card Playing) The whole number of cards played in one round, and consisting of as many cards as there are players.
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On one nice trick depends the general fate. Pope.
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7. (Naut.) A turn; specifically, the spell of a sailor at the helm, -- usually two hours.
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8. A toy; a trifle; a plaything. [Obs.] Shak.
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Syn. -- Stratagem; wile; fraud; cheat; juggle; finesse; sleight; deception; imposture; delusion; imposition.
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Trick (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tricked (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Tricking.] 1. To deceive by cunning or artifice; to impose on; to defraud; to cheat; as, to trick another in the sale of a horse.
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2. To dress; to decorate; to set off; to adorn fantastically; -- often followed by up, off, or out. “ Trick her off in air.” Pope.
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People lavish it profusely in tricking up their children in fine clothes, and yet starve their minds. Locke.
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They are simple, but majestic, records of the feelings of the poet; as little tricked out for the public eye as his diary would have been. Macaulay.
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3. To draw in outline, as with a pen; to delineate or distinguish without color, as arms, etc., in heraldry.
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They forget that they are in the statutes: . . . there they are tricked, they and their pedigrees. B. Jonson.
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Tricker (?), n. One who tricks; a trickster.
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Tricker, n. A trigger. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] Boyle.
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Trickery (?), n. The art of dressing up; artifice; stratagem; fraud; imposture.
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Trickiness (?), n. The quality of being tricky.
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Tricking, a. Given to tricks; tricky. Sir W. Scott.
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Tricking, n. Dress; ornament. Shak.
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Trickish, a. Given to tricks; artful in making bargains; given to deception and cheating; knavish. -- Trickishly, adv. -- Trickishness, n.
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Trickle (trĭkk'l), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Trickled (trĭkk'ld); p. pr. & vb. n. Trickling (trĭkklĭng).] [OE. triklen, probably for striklen, freq. of striken to flow, AS. strīcan. See , v. t.] To flow in a small, gentle stream; to run in drops.
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His salt tears trickled down as rain. Chaucer.
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Fast beside there trickled softly down
A gentle stream. Spenser.
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Trickle (?), n. The act or state of trickling; also, that which trickles; a small stream; drip.

Streams that . . . are short and rapid torrents after a storm, but at other times dwindle to feeble trickles of mud. James Bryce.
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Trickment (?), n. Decoration. [Obs.] “ No trickments but my tears.” Beau. & Fl.
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Tricksiness (?), n. The quality or state of being tricksy; trickiness. G. Eliot.
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Trickster (?), n. One who tricks; a deceiver; a tricker; a cheat.
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Tricksy (?), a. [From .] Exhibiting artfulness; trickish. “My tricksy spirit!” Shak.
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he tricksy policy which in the seventeenth century passed for state wisdom. Coleridge.
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Tricktrack (?), n. [F. trictrac. Cf. backgammon.] An old game resembling backgammon.
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Tricky (?), a. Given to tricks; practicing deception; trickish; knavish.
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Triclinate (?), a. (Min.) Triclinic.
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Tricliniary (?), a. [L. tricliniaris. See .] Of or pertaining to a triclinium, or to the ancient mode of reclining at table.
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Triclinic (?), a. [Pref. tri- + Gr. � to incline.] (Crystallog.) Having, or characterized by, three unequal axes intersecting at oblique angles. See the Note under .
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Triclinium (?), n.; pl. Triclinia (#). [L., from Gr. �, �; � (see ) + a couch.] (Rom. Antiq.) (a) A couch for reclining at meals, extending round three sides of a table, and usually in three parts. (b) A dining room furnished with such a triple couch.
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Tricoccous (?), a. [Gr. trikokkos with three grains or berries; � (see ) + kokkos grain, seed.] (Bot.) Having three cocci, or roundish carpels. Gray.
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Tricolor (?), n. [F. tricolore, drapeau tricolore a tricolored flag, fr. tricolore three-colored; tri (see ) + L. color color.] [Written also tricolour.]
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1. The national French banner, of three colors, blue, white, and red, adopted at the first revolution.
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2. Hence, any three-colored flag.
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Tricolored (?), a. Having three colors.
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Tricornigerous (?), a. [L. tricorniger; tricornis three-horned (see , and ) + -gerere to bear.] Having three horns.
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{ Tricorporal (?), Tricorporate (?), } a. [L. tricorpor; tri- (see ) + corpus, -oris, body.] (Her.) Represented with three bodies conjoined to one head, as a lion.
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Tricostate (?), a. [Pref. tri- + costate.] (Bot.) Three-ribbed; having three ribs from the base.
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Tricot (?), n. [F.] A fabric of woolen, silk, or cotton knitted, or women to resemble knitted work.
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Tricrotic (?), a. [Pref. tri- + Gr. � to beat.] (Physiol.) Of or pertaining to tricrotism; characterized by tricrotism.
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Tricrotism (?), n. (Physiol.) That condition of the arterial pulse in which there is a triple beat. The pulse curve obtained in the sphygmographic tracing characteristic of tricrotism shows two secondary crests in addition to the primary.
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