trichroism

[Gr. treis -three, and chroa = Crystal log.: The property po e ed by some crystals of exhibiting different colors in three different directions when viewed by transmitted light. trích'-ŷs, s. [Pref. trich-, and hys =a swine.] Zool.: A genus of Hystricine, with one species, Trichys lipura , from Borneo. It resembles Atherura externally, but differs in many cranial charac ters. IMG:content-1422.png:[blocks in formation] ers. "Some tricks, some quillets, how to cheat the devil." Shakesp.: Loves' Labor's Lost, iv. 3. 2. A knack, an art; a dextrous contrivance or artifice. "Knows the trick to make my lady laugh." Shakesp.: Love's Labor's Lost, v. 2. 3. A sleight of hand; the legerdemain of a juggler. ( Shakesp .: Troilus and Cre ida, v. 2.) 4. A particular habit, custom, characteristic, practice or manner. "Her infant babe Had from its mother caught the trick of grief, And sighed among its playthings. Words worth: Excursion, i. 5. A personal peculiarity or characteristic; a trait of character; a touch, a dash. "He hath a trick of Cœur-de-lion's face." Shakesp.: King John, i. 1. 6. Anything done not deliberately, but out of pa ion or caprice; a vicious or foolish action or practice. "It was a mad, fantastical trick of him." Shakesp.: Measure for Measure , iii. 2. 7. Anything mischievously and roguishly done to cro and disappoint another. "I remember the trick you served me." -Shakesp .: Two Gentlemen, iv. 4. 8. A prank, a frolic, a joke. (Generally in the plural.) "At South wark, therefore, as his tricks he showed, To please our masters, and his friends the crowd." 9. A feat of skill. Prior: Merry Andrew. "This is like Merry Andrew on the low rope, copying lubberly the same tricks which his master is so dexter ously performing on the high."-Dryden: Virgil's Æneid. (Ded.) *10. A toy, a trifle, a plaything. "A knack, a toy, a trick ." Shakesp.: Taming of the Shrew , iv. 3. *11. A knick-knack, a trifle; any little ornamental article. "But it stirs me more than all your court-curls, or your spangles, or your tricks ."-Ben Jonson: Poetaster , iii. 1. *12. A stain, a slur. "If her conduct has put a trick upon her virtue."Vanbrugh : Provoked Wife , v. "Soft; I know a trick worth two of that."-Shakesp.: Henry IV ., Pt . I. , ii. 1. *trick-madam, s . [TRIP-MADAM.]