trivet, trevet, trivette

[O. Fr. tripied; Fr. trépied a trivet, from Lat. tripedem, acc us. of tripes having three feet, from tri three, and pes =a foot. Trivet and tripod are doublets.] 1. A three-legged arrangement for supporting an object, as a pot or kettle; this may be effected by slinging it from a hook suspended from the point of junction of the three legs, or the legs may be set 120° apart, straddling outward from and supporting a ring sufficiently large to receive the bottom of the IMG:content-1478.png:[blocks in formation] triweekly triv-i-a, s. [Abbrev. from trivia ( virgo )=Diana, from often having her temples where three ways met.] Zool.: A sub-genus of Cypræa, with about thirty species, from Green land, Britain, the West Indies, the Cape, Australia, the Pacific, and the west coast of America. Small shells, with str iæ extending over the back.