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3. Who reades Plutarchs eyther historie or philosophy, 5. Nature; character; sort; stamp. shall finde hee trymmeth both theyr garments with gards of Poesie. Sir P. Sidney , Apol. for Poetrie, p. 59. The Lady Mayore was dre ed in green velvet, lined with white satin, trimmed with gold fringe and a border of Bru els lace. First Year of a Silken Reign, p. 69. 5. To reduce to a neat or orderly state, as by clipping, paring, pruning, lopping, or otherwise removing superfluous or disfiguring parts. I trymme , as a man do the his heare or his bu he.... Trymme my bu he, barber, for I intende to go among est ladyes to day. Palsgrave , p. 762. Before I went to bed, the barber come to trim me and wash me, and so to bed, in order to my being clean to-morPepys, Diary, I. 187. row. She inquired when the gardener was to come and trim the borders. Charlotte Brontë , Shirley, vii. 6. To cut off in the proce of bookbinding: said of the ragged edges of paper or the bolts of book sections.-7. To remove by clipping, pruning, or paring; lop or cut: with off or away: as, to trim off shoots from a hedge.-8. In carp., to dre , as timber; make smooth; fit.-9. To rebuke; reprove sharply; also, to beat; thrash: sometimes indelicately applied to a woman. Compare untrimmed, 2. [Colloq.] An she would be cool'd, sir, let the soldiers trim her. Fletcher (and another ), False One, ii. 3. to his father then vents his spleen on poor Fag. Soh! Sir Anthony trims my master: he is afraid to reply Sheridan, The Rivals, ii. 1. Mariage of Witt and Wisdome. (Nares, under gis .) 10. To spend or waste in trimming: with away . A trim exploit, a manly enterprise, To conjure tears up in a poor maid's eyes With your derision! Shak ., M. N. D., iii. 2. 157. The Dr. gave us a sermon this morning, in an elegant and trim discourse on the 39th Psalm. Evelyn , To Dr. Bentley. 3. Neat; spruce; smart. I will make thee trim With flowers and garlands that were meant for him. Fletcher, Faithful Shepherde , iii. 1. He put his hand around her waste Soe small, so tight, and trim . See II. He who would hear what ev'ry fool cou'd say, Would never fix his thought, but trim his time away . Dryden. Rough-trimmed, having only the protruding parts of leaves cut off, but not cut smooth: said of the edges of books. To trim the shore, to follow the shore closely: said of a school of fish. - To trim the yards or sails, to brace the yards so that the wind will strike the sails at the suitable angle. To trim up, to put in order; arrange; garnish, as a costume or any part of it. - Trimmed edges, the edges of books whose leaves are cut off smoothly. = Syn. 1. To arrange.-3 and 4. To adorn, garnish, array, trick II. in trans. To keep an even balance; hold a middle course or position, especially in a contest between parties, so as to seem to incline to neither, or to both alike: from the nautical meaning. See I., 2. And they Did all that men of their own trim Are wont to do to please their whim. Shelley, Peter Bell the Third, iv. "Why, kings are kittle cattle to shoe behind, as we say in the north," replied the Duke; "but knows his trim, and I have not the least doubt that the matter is quite certain." Scott, Heart of Mid-Lothian, xxxviii. 6. In carp., the visible woodwork or finish of a house, as the base-boards, do or and window casings, etc. No wood having been used in construction except for floors, doors, and trim . New York Evening Post , April 14, 1884. Out of trim, not in good order; not evenly balanced: specifically said of a ve el with reference to uneven stowage of her cargo. - Trim of the masts ( naut . ), the position of the masts in regard to the ship and to one another, as near or distant, far forward or aft, upright or raking. tri macular (tri-mak'u-lär), a. [L. tres ( tri- ), three, + macula, spot, + -ar3.] Same as tri maculated. Encyc. Dict.