Tres-tyne (n.) In the antler of a stag, the third tyne above the base. This tyne appears in the third year. In those deer in which the brow tyne does not divide, the tres-tyne is the second tyne above the base. See Illust. under Rucervine, and under Rusine.
Tret () 3d pers. sing. pres. of Tread, for treadeth.
Tret (n.) An allowance to purchasers, for waste or refuse matter, of four pounds on every 104 pounds of suttle weight, or weight after the tare deducted.
Tretable (a.) Tractable; moderate.
Trething (n.) A tax; an impost.
Tretis (n.) Alt. of Tretys
Tretys (n.) A treatise; also, a treaty.
Tretis (a.) Alt. of Tretys
Tretys (a.) Long and well-proportioned; nicely made; pretty.
Trevat (n.) A weaver's cutting instrument; for severing the loops of the pile threads of velvet.
Trevet (n.) A stool or other thing supported by three legs; a trivet.
Trew (a.) Alt. of Trewe
Trewe (a.) True.
Trews (n. pl.) Trowsers; especially, those of the Scotch Highlanders.
Trewth (n.) Truth.
Trey (n.) Three, at cards, dice, or dominoes; a card, die, or domino of three spots or pips.
Tri- () A prefix meaning three, thrice, threefold; as in tricolored, tridentate.
Tri- () A prefix (also used adjectively) denoting three proportional or combining part, or the third degree of that to the name of which it is prefixed; as in trisulphide, trioxide, trichloride.
Triable (a.) Fit or possible to be tried; liable to be subjected to trial or test.
Triable (a.) Liable to undergo a judicial examination; properly coming under the cognizance of a court; as, a cause may be triable before one court which is not triable in another.
Triableness (n.) Quality or state of being triable.
Triacid (a.) Capable of neutralizing three molecules of a monobasic acid or the equivalent; having three hydrogen atoms which may be acid radicals; -- said of certain bases; thus, glycerin is a triacid base.
Triacle (n.) See Treacle.
Triacontahedral (a.) Having thirty sides.
Triaconter (n.) A vessel with thirty banks of oars, or, as some say, thirty ranks of rowers.
Triad (n.) A union of three; three objects treated as one; a ternary; a trinity; as, a triad of deities.
Triad (n.) A chord of three notes.
Triad (n.) The common chord, consisting of a tone with its third and fifth, with or without the octave.
Triad (n.) An element or radical whose valence is three.
Triadelphous (a.) Having stamens joined by filaments into three bundles. See Illust. under Adelphous.
Triadic (a.) Having the characteristics of a triad; as, boron is triadic.
Triakisoctahedron (n.) A trigonal trisoctahedron.
Trial (n.) The act of trying or testing in any manner.
Trial (n.) Any effort or exertion of strength for the purpose of ascertaining what can be done or effected.
Trial (n.) The act of testing by experience; proof; test.
Trial (n.) Examination by a test; experiment, as in chemistry, metallurgy, etc.
Trial (n.) The state of being tried or tempted; exposure to suffering that tests strength, patience, faith, or the like; affliction or temptation that exercises and proves the graces or virtues of men.
Trial (n.) That which tries or afflicts; that which harasses; that which tries the character or principles; that which tempts to evil; as, his child's conduct was a sore trial.
Trial (n.) The formal examination of the matter in issue in a cause before a competent tribunal; the mode of determining a question of fact in a court of law; the examination, in legal form, of the facts in issue in a cause pending before a competent tribunal, for the purpose of determining such issue.
Triality (n.) Three united; state of being three.
Trialogue (n.) A discourse or colloquy by three persons.
Triamide (n.) An amide containing three amido groups.
Triamine (n.) An amine containing three amido groups.
Triander (n.) Any one of the Triandria.
Triandria (n. pl.) A Linnaean class of plants having three distinct and equal stamens.
Triandrian (a.) Alt. of Triandrous
Triandrous (a.) Of or pertaining to the Triandria; having three distinct and equal stamens in the same flower.
Triangle (n.) A figure bounded by three lines, and containing three angles.
Triangle (n.) An instrument of percussion, usually made of a rod of steel, bent into the form of a triangle, open at one angle, and sounded by being struck with a small metallic rod.
Triangle (n.) A draughtsman's square in the form of a right-angled triangle.
Triangle (n.) A kind of frame formed of three poles stuck in the ground and united at the top, to which soldiers were bound when undergoing corporal punishment, -- now disused.
Triangle (n.) A small constellation situated between Aries and Andromeda.
Triangle (n.) A small constellation near the South Pole, containing three bright stars.
Triangled (a.) Having three angles; triangular.
Triangular (a.) Having three angles; having the form of a triangle.
Triangular (a.) Oblong or elongated, and having three lateral angles; as, a triangular seed, leaf, or stem.
Triangulares (n. pl.) The triangular, or maioid, crabs. See Illust. under Maioid, and Illust. of Spider crab, under Spider.
Triangularity (n.) The quality or state of being triangular.
Triangularly (adv.) In a triangular manner; in the form of a triangle.
Triangulated (imp. & p. p.) of Triangulate
Triangulating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Triangulate
Triangulate (v. t.) To divide into triangles; specifically, to survey by means of a series of triangles properly laid down and measured.
Triangulate (v. t.) To make triangular, or three-cornered.
Triangulation (n.) The series or network of triangles into which the face of a country, or any portion of it, is divided in a trigonometrical survey; the operation of measuring the elements necessary to determine the triangles into which the country to be surveyed is supposed to be divided, and thus to fix the positions and distances of the several points connected by them.
Triarchies (pl. ) of Triarchy
Triarchy (n.) Government by three persons; a triumvirate; also, a country under three rulers.
Triarian (a.) Occupying the third post or rank.
Triarticulate (a.) Having three joints.
Trias (n.) The formation situated between the Permian and Lias, and so named by the Germans, because consisting of three series of strata, which are called in German the Bunter sandstein, Muschelkalk, and Keuper.
Triassic (a.) Of the age of, or pertaining to, the Trias.
Triassic (n.) The Triassic formation.
Triatic (a.) A term used in the phrase triatic stay. See under Stay.
Triatomic (a.) Having three atoms; -- said of certain elements or radicals.
Triatomic (a.) Having a valence of three; trivalent; sometimes, in a specific sense, having three hydroxyl groups, whether acid or basic; thus, glycerin, glyceric acid, and tartronic acid are each triatomic.
Tribal (a.) Of or pertaining to a tribe or tribes; as, a tribal scepter.
Tribalism (n.) The state of existing in tribes; also, tribal feeling; tribal prejudice or exclusiveness; tribal peculiarities or characteristics.
Tribasic (a.) Capable of neutralizing three molecules of a monacid base, or their equivalent; having three hydrogen atoms capable of replacement by basic elements on radicals; -- said of certain acids; thus, citric acid is a tribasic acid.
Tribble (n.) A frame on which paper is dried.
Tribe (n.) A family, race, or series of generations, descending from the same progenitor, and kept distinct, as in the case of the twelve tribes of Israel, descended from the twelve sons of Jacob.
Tribe (n.) A number of species or genera having certain structural characteristics in common; as, a tribe of plants; a tribe of animals.
Tribe (n.) A nation of savages or uncivilized people; a body of rude people united under one leader or government; as, the tribes of the Six Nations; the Seneca tribe.
Tribe (n.) A division, class, or distinct portion of a people, from whatever cause that distinction may have originated; as, the city of Athens was divided into ten tribes.
Tribe (n.) A family of animals descended from some particular female progenitor, through the female line; as, the Duchess tribe of shorthorns.
Tribe (v. t.) To distribute into tribes or classes.
Triblet (n.) Alt. of Tribolet
Tribolet (n.) A goldsmith's tool used in making rings.
Tribolet (n.) A steel cylinder round which metal is drawn in the process of forming tubes.
Tribolet (n.) A tapering mandrel.
Tribometer (n.) An instrument to ascertain the degree of friction in rubbing surfaces.
Tribrach (n.) A poetic foot of three short syllables, as, meblius.
Tribracteate (a.) Having three bracts.
Tribual (a.) Alt. of Tribular
Tribular (a.) Of or relating to a tribe; tribal; as, a tribual characteristic; tribular worship.
Tribulation (n.) That which occasions distress, trouble, or vexation; severe affliction.
Tribunal (n.) The seat of a judge; the bench on which a judge and his associates sit for administering justice.
Tribunal (n.) Hence, a court or forum; as, the House of Lords, in England, is the highest tribunal in the kingdom.
Tribunary (a.) Of or pertaining to tribunes; as, tribunary powers or authority.
Tribunate (n.) The state or office of a tribune; tribuneship.
Tribune (n.) An officer or magistrate chosen by the people, to protect them from the oppression of the patricians, or nobles, and to defend their liberties against any attempts that might be made upon them by the senate and consuls.
Tribune (n.) Anciently, a bench or elevated place, from which speeches were delivered; in France, a kind of pulpit in the hall of the legislative assembly, where a member stands while making an address; any place occupied by a public orator.