tri for mity (triform it i)

The state of being triform. triform ous (trī-fôr'mus), a. Same as triformed. Wilkinson, Manners of the Egyptians (ed. Birch), II. 514. [Rare.] ( Encyc . Dict .) [ triforoid (trī fō-roid), a. and n. q. v., + -oid.] I. a. Of or related to the Tri foridæ. II. n. One of the Triforidæ . tri foveolate (tri-fö've-o-lāt), a. [L. tres (tri-), three, + NL. foveola + -atel.] In entom., having three round shallow pits or foveæ. trifurcate (trī-fer'kāt), a. [L. trifurcus, having three forks, tres ( tri- ), three, + furca , a fork: see furcate .] 1. Forking or forked into three parts; three-pronged; trichotomous.2. In bot ., three-forked; divided into three branches or forks. trifurcate (trī-férʼkāt), v. i.; pret. and pp. tri Never trig'd his way. 6476 John Taylor , Works (1630). ( Nares .) If any Demiurgic Teamster is disposed to drive the Cart of Peace and Good Will over the Earth, I stand ready to trig the wheels in all the steep places. S. Judd , Margaret, iii 2. To prop; hold up. Hall i well. [Prov. Eng.] -3. To set a mark on, as a standing-place for the player in the game of ninepins. Trigged , having a Mark set to stand in playing at Nine Pins. Bailey , 1727. trig3 (trig), n. [ rolling. IMG:content-0868.png:[blocks in formation] There's many of my own Sex With that Holborn Equipage trig to Gray's-Inn-Walks; And now and then Travel hither on a Sunday. Etherege, The Man of Mode, iii. 3. As they rode on the road, And as fast as they could trig , Strike up your hearts, says Johnston, We'll have a merry jig. The Three Merry Butchers . ( Nares .) To divide into three parts. The arms of a triæne may bifurcate (dichotriæne) once, twice, or oftener, or they may trifurcate. Encyc. Brit ., XXII. 417.