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Tripersonal (tr�pẽrsŭn�l), a. [Pref. tri- + personal.] Consisting of three persons. Milton.
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Tripersonalist, n. A Trinitarian.
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Tripersonality (?), n. The state of existing as three persons in one Godhead; trinity.
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Tripery (trīpẽr�), n. [Cf. F. triperie.] A place where tripe is prepared or sold. London Quart. Rev.
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Tripestone (trīpstōn), n. (Min.) A variety of anhydrite composed of contorted plates fancied to resemble pieces of tripe.
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Tripetaloid (?), a. [Pref. tri- + petaloid.] (Bot.) Having the form or appearance of three petals; appearing as if furnished with three petals.
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Tripetalous (?), a. [Pref. tri- + petalous: cf. F. tripétale.] (Bot.) Having three petals, or flower leaves; three-petaled.
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Trip hammer (?). A tilt hammer.
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Triphane (?), n. [Gr. � appearing three-fold; � (see ) + to appear cf. F. triphane.] (Min.) Spodumene.
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Triphthong (?), n. [Pref. tri- + -phthong, as in diphthong: cf. F. triphthonque.] (Orthoëpy) A combination of three vowel sounds in a single syllable, forming a simple or compound sound; also, a union of three vowel characters, representing together a single sound; a trigraph; as, eye, -ieu in adieu, -eau in beau, are examples of triphthongs.
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Triphthongal (?), a. Of or pertaining to a triphthong; consisting of three vowel sounds pronounced together in a single syllable.
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Triphyline (?), n. Triphylite.
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Triphylite (?), n. [Pref. tri- + Gr. � a family, class. So called in allusion to its containing three phosphates.] (Min.) A mineral of a grayish-green or bluish color, consisting of the phosphates of iron, manganese, and lithia.
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☞ A salmon-colored or clove-brown variety containing but little iron is known as lithiophilite.
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Triphyllous (?), a. [Gr. �; � (see ) + a leaf: cf. F. triphylle.] (Bot.) Having three leaves; three-leaved.
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Tripinnate (?), a. [Pref. tri- + pinnate.] (Bot.) Having bipinnate leaflets arranged on each side of a rhachis.
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Tripinnatifid (?), a. [Pref. tri- + pinnatifid.] (Bot.) Thrice pinnately cleft; -- said of a pinnatifid leaf when its segments are pinnatifid, and the subdivisions of these also are pinnatifid.
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Tripitaka (?), n. [Skr. tripiṭaka.] The three divisions, or “baskets” (pitakas), of buddhist scriptures, -- the Vinayapitaka [Skr. Vinayapiṭaka] , or Basket of Discipline; Suttapitaka [Pali] , or Basket of Discourses; and Abhidhammapitaka [Pali] , or Basket of Metaphysics.
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Triplasian, a. [Gr. � thrice as many.] Three-fold; triple; treble. [Obs.] Cudworth.
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Triple (?), a. [L. triplus; tri- (see ) + -plus, as in duplus double: cf. F. triple. See , and cf. .] 1. Consisting of three united; multiplied by three; threefold; as, a triple knot; a triple tie.
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By thy triple shape as thou art seen. Dryden.
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2. Three times repeated; treble. See .
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3. One of three; third. [Obs.] Shak.
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Coloq. Triple crown , the crown, or tiara, of the pope. See , 2. -- Coloq. Triple-expansion steam engine , a compound steam engine in which the same steam performs work in three cylinders successively. -- Coloq. Triple measure (Mus.), a measure of tree beats of which first only is accented. -- Coloq. Triple ratio (Math.), a ratio which is equal to 3. -- Coloq. Triple salt (Chem.), a salt containing three distinct basic atoms as radicals; thus, microcosmic salt is a triple salt. -- Coloq. Triple star (Astron.), a system of three stars in close proximity. -- Coloq. Triple time (Mus.), that time in which each measure is divided into three equal parts. -- Coloq. Triple valve , in an automatic air brake for railroad cars, the valve under each car, by means of which the brake is controlled by a change of pressure in the air pipe leading from the locomotive.
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Triple, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Tripled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Tripling (?).] [Cf. F. tripler. See , a.] To make threefold, or thrice as much or as many; to treble; as, to triple the tax on coffee.
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Triple-crowned (?), a. Having three crowns; wearing the triple crown, as the pope.
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Triple-headed (?), a. Having three heads; three-headed; as, the triple-headed dog Cerberus.
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Triplet (?), n. [From .] 1. A collection or combination of three of a kind; three united.
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2. (Poetry) Three verses rhyming together.
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3. (Mus.) A group of three notes sung or played in the tree of two.
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4. pl. Three children or offspring born at one birth.
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Triple-tail (?), n. (Zoöl.) An edible fish (Lobotes Surinamensis) found in the warmer parts of all the oceans, and common on the southern and middle coasts of the United States. When living it is silvery gray, and becomes brown or blackish when dead. Its dorsal and anal fins are long, and extend back on each side of the tail. It has large silvery scales which are used in the manufacture of fancy work. Called also, locally, black perch, grouper, and flasher.
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Triplex (?), a. (Mach.) Having three principal operative parts or motions, so as to produce a three-fold effect.
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Triplicate (?), a. [L. triplicatus, p. p. of triplicare to triple, treble; tri- (see ) + plicare to fold. See , v. t.] Made thrice as much; threefold; tripled.
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Coloq. Triplicate ratio (Math.), the ratio of the cubes of two quantities; thus, the triplicate ratio of a to b is a3: b3.
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Triplicate (?), n. A third thing corresponding to two others of the same kind.
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Triplicate-ternate, a. (Bot.) Triternate.
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Triplication (?), n. [L. triplicatio: cf. F. triplication.] 1. The act of tripling, or making threefold, or adding three together. Glanvill.
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2. (Civil Law) Same as .
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Triplicity (?), n. [Cf. F. triplicité, fr. L. triplex, triplicis, threefold. See , a.] The quality or state of being triple, or threefold; trebleness.
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In their trinal triplicities on high. Spenser.
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Triplicostate (?), a. [Triple + costate.] (Bot.) Three-ribbed.
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Triplite (?), n. [Cf. F. triplite. See .] (Min.) A mineral of a dark brown color, generally with a fibrous, massive structure. It is a fluophosphate of iron and manganese.
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Triploblastic (?), a. [Gr. � threefold + -blast + -ic.] (Biol.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, that condition of the ovum in which there are three primary germinal layers, or in which the blastoderm splits into three layers.
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Triploidite (?), n. (Min.) A manganese phosphate near triplite, but containing hydroxyl instead of fluorine.
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Triply (?), adv. In a triple manner.
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Tripmadam (?), n. [F. tripe-madame, trique-madame.] (Bot.) Same as .
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Tripod (?), n. [L. tripus, -odis, Gr. �; � (see ) + �, �, foot. See , and cf. , .] 1. Any utensil or vessel, as a stool, table, altar, caldron, etc., supported on three feet.
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☞ On such, a stool, in the temple of Apollo at Delphi, the Pythian priestess sat while giving responses to those consulting the Delphic oracle.
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2. A three-legged frame or stand, usually jointed at top, for supporting a theodolite, compass, telescope, camera, or other instrument.
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Coloq. Tripod of life , or Coloq. Vital tripod (Physiol.), the three organs, the heart, lungs, and brain; -- so called because their united action is necessary to the maintenance of life.
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Tripodian (?), n. (Mus.) An ancient stringed instrument; -- so called because, in form, it resembled the Delphic tripod.
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Tripody (?), n. [Pref. tri- + -pody, as in dipody.] (Pros.) Three metrical feet taken together, or included in one measure.
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Tripoli (?), n. (Min.) An earthy substance originally brought from Tripoli, used in polishing stones and metals. It consists almost wholly of the siliceous shells of diatoms.
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Tripoline (?), a. 1. Of or pertaining to Tripoli or its inhabitants; Tripolitan.
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2. Of or pertaining to tripoli, the mineral.
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Tripolitan (?), a. Of or pertaining to Tripoli or its inhabitants; Tripoline. -- n. A native or inhabitant of Tripoli.
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Tripos (?), n.; pl. Triposes (#). [Gr. � a tripod. See .] 1. A tripod. [Obs.] Dryden.
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2. A university examination of questionists, for honors; also, a tripos paper; one who prepares a tripos paper. [Cambridge University, Eng.]
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Coloq. Classical tripos examination , the final university examination for classical honors, optional to all who have taken the mathematical honors. C. A. Bristed. -- Coloq. Tripos paper , a printed list of the successful candidates for mathematical honors, accompanied by a piece in Latin verse. There are two of these, designed to commemorate the two tripos days. The first contains the names of the wranglers and senior optimes, and the second the names of the junior optimes. The word tripos is supposed to refer to the three-legged stool formerly used at the examinations for these honors, though some derive it from the three brackets formerly printed on the back of the paper. C. A. Bristed.
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Trippant (?), a. (Her.) See , a., 2.
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Tripper (?), n. 1. One who trips or supplants; also, one who walks or trips nimbly; a dancer.
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2. An excursionist.
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Trippet (?), n. (Mach.) A cam, wiper, or projecting piece which strikes another piece repeatedly.
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Tripping (?), a. 1. Quick; nimble; stepping lightly and quickly.
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2. (Her.) Having the right forefoot lifted, the others remaining on the ground, as if he were trotting; trippant; -- said of an animal, as a hart, buck, and the like, used as a bearing.
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Tripping, n. 1. Act of one who, or that which, trips.
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2. A light dance.
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Other trippings to be trod of lighter toes. Milton.
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3. (Naut.) The loosing of an anchor from the ground by means of its cable or buoy rope.
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Coloq. Tripping line (Naut.), a small rope attached to the topgallant or royal yard, used to trip the yard, and in lowering it to the deck; also, a line used in letting go the anchor. Luce.
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Trippingly, adv. In a tripping manner; with a light, nimble, quick step; with agility; nimbly.
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Sing, and dance it trippingly. Shak.
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Speak the speech . . . trippingly on the tongue. Shak.
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Tripsis (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. �, fr. � to rub.] (Med.) (a) Trituration. [R.] (b) Shampoo. [R.]
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Triptote (?), n. [L. triptotum, Gr. � with three cases; � (see ) + � falling, fr. � to fall.] (Gram.) A noun having three cases only.
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Triptych (?), n. [Gr. � consisting of three layers or plates; � (see ) + �, �, a fold, layer.] Anything in three parts or leaves. Specifically: -- (a) A writing tablet in three parts, two of which fold over on the middle part.
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(b) A picture or altarpiece in three compartments.
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Tripudiary (?), a. [L. tripudium a measured stamping, a leaping, a solemn religious dance.] Of or pertaining to dancing; performed by dancing. [R.] “ Tripudiary augurations.” Sir T. Browne.
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Tripudiate (?), v. i. [L. tripudiare, tripudiatum.] To dance. [R.] Cockeram.
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Tripudiation (?), n. [L. tripudiatio.] The act of dancing. [R.] Bacon. Carlyle.
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Triquadrantal (?), a. [Pref. tri- + quadrantal.] (Spherical Trig.) Having three quadrants; thus, a triquadrantal triangle is one whose three sides are quadrants, and whose three angles are consequently right angles.
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Triquetral (?), a. Triquetrous.
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Triquetrous (?), a. [L. triquetrus.] Three sided, the sides being plane or concave; having three salient angles or edges; trigonal.
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Triquetrum (?), n.; pl. Triquetra (#). [NL.] (Anat.) One of the bones of the carpus; the cuneiform. See (b).
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{ Triradiate (?), Triradiated (?) }, a. [Pref. tri- + radiate.] Having three rays.
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Trirectangular (?), a. [Pref. tri- + rectangular.] (Spherical Trig.) Having three right angles. See .
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Trireme (?), n. [L. triremis; tri- (see ) + remus an oar, akin to E. row. See Row to propel with an oar.] (Class. Antiq.) An ancient galley or vessel with tree banks, or tiers, of oars.
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Trirhomboidal (?), a. [Pref. tri- + rhomboidal.] Having three rhombic faces or sides.
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Trisaccharide (?), n. Also -rid. (Chem.) A complex sugar, as raffinose, yielding by hydrolysis three simple sugar molecules.
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Trisacramentarian (?), n. [Pref. tri- + sacramentarian.] (Eccl.) One who recognizes three sacraments, and no more; -- namely, baptism, the Lord's Supper, and penance. See .
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Trisagion (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. � thrice holy; � thrice + � holy.] (Eccl.) An ancient anthem, -- usually known by its Latin name tersanctus.See .
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Trisect (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Trisected; p. pr. & vb. n. Trisecting.] [Pref. tri- + L. sectus, p. p. of secare to cut. See .] 1. To cut or divide into three parts.
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2. (Geom.) To cut or divide into three equal parts.
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Trisected, a. (Bot.) Divided into three parts or segments by incisions extending to the midrib or to the base; -- said of leaves.
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Trisection (?), n. [Cf. F. trisection.] The division of a thing into three parts, Specifically: (Geom.) the division of an angle into three equal parts.
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Triseralous (?), a. [Pref. tri- + sepal.] (Bot.) Having three sepals, or calyx leaves.
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{ Triserial (?), Triseriate (?), } a. [Pref. tri- + serial, seriate.] (Bot.) Arranged in three vertical or spiral rows.
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{ Triskelion (?), or Triskele (?) }, n. [Gr. � three-legged. See ; .] A figure composed of three branches, usually curved, radiating from a center, as the figure composed of three human legs, with bent knees, which has long been used as a badge or symbol of Sicily and of the Isle of Man.
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Trismus (?), n. [NL., form Gr. � gnashing of the teeth.] (Med.) The lockjaw.
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Trisnitrate (?), n. [Gr. � thrice + E. nitrate.] (Chem.) A nitrate formed from three molecules of nitric acid; also, less properly, applied to certain basic nitrates; as, trisnitrate of bismuth.
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Trisoctahedron (?), n. [Gr. � thrice + FE. octahedron.] (Crystallog.) A solid of the isometric system bounded by twenty-four equal faces, three corresponding to each face of an octahedron.
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Coloq. Tetragonal trisoctahedron , a trisoctahedron each face of which is a quadrilateral; called also trapezohedron and icositetrahedron. -- Coloq. Trigonal trisoctahedron , a trisoctahedron each face of which is an isosceles triangle.
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{ Trispast (?), Trispaston (?), } n. [NL. trispaston, fr. Gr. � drawn threefold; � (see ) + � to draw.] (Mech.) A machine with three pulleys which act together for raising great weights. Brande & C.
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Trispermous (?), a. [Pref. tri- + Gr. � seed.] (Bot.) Containing three seeds; three-seeded; as, a trispermous capsule.
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Trisplanchnic (?), a. [Tri- + splanchnic.] (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the three great splanchnic cavities, namely, that of the head, the chest, and the abdomen; -- applied to the sympathetic nervous system.
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Trist (?), v. t. & i. [imp. Triste.] To trust. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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Trist, n. [See .] 1. Trust. [Obs.]
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2. A post, or station, in hunting. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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3. A secret meeting, or the place of such meeting; a tryst. See . [Obs.]
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George Douglas caused a trist to be set between him and the cardinal and four lords; at the which trist he and the cardinal agreed finally. Letter dated Sept., 1543.
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Trist, a. [F. triste, L. tristis.] Sad; sorrowful; gloomy. [Obs.] Fairfax.
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Triste (?), n. A cattle fair. [Prov. Eng.]
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Tristearate (?), n. Tristearin.
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Tristearin (?), n. [Pref. tri- + stearin.] (Physiol. Chem.) See .
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Tristful (trĭstfụl), a. Sad; sorrowful; gloomy. Shak.
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Eyes so tristful, eyes so tristful,
Heart so full of care and cumber. Longfellow.
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Tristfully, adv. In a tristful manner; sadly.
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Tristichous (?), a. [Gr. � in three rows; � (see ) + � a row.] (Bot.) Arranged in three vertical rows.
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{ Tristigmatic (?), Tristigmatose (?), } a. [Pref. tri- + stigma.] (Bot.) Having, or consisting of, three stigmas. Gray.
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Tristitiate (?), v. t. [L. tristitia sadness, fr. tristis sad.] To make sad. [Obs.] Feltham.
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