Trestle

tres'l, n. A movable frame or support for anything, consisting of legs secured to a top-piece, gen an"d forming a sort of stool or horse; a kind of frame a single work of strong posts or piles, and cro -beams, for | supporting a bridge, etc.: the frame of a table. a tree; a; Tret, tret, n. (Cojh.) An allowance to purchasers for of timj waste or refuse matter, of 4 pounds on every 104 [treed I pounds of weight, alter tare is deducted. ascend j Trevet, Trey. See under Triad. upon Triable. See under Try. — Tree-- Triad, tri'ad,n. A union of 3; 3 objects united; a triniof its ty. (Jfus.) The common chord, consisting of atone by with its 3d and 5th. ( Chem.) An atom, the equivacomlence of which is 3, or which can combine with or be wooden exchanged for 3 hvdrogen atoms. — Treb'le, treb'l, to the a. Threefold; triple. (J/im.) Acute; sharp; playing or singing the highest part or most acute sounds. — n. (Mm.) Highest of the 4 principal parts in music; work or the part usually sung bv women: soprano. [This is sometimes called the first treble, to distinguish it from the second treble, or alto, which is sung by low supporter female voices.] — v. t. [trebled (-Id), -lixg.] To make thrice as much: to make threefold. — v. i. To shake become threefold. — Treb'iy, adv. With a threefold; to number or quantity. — Trip'le, trip'l, a. Consisting shake, — of 3united; multiplied by3; 3 times repeated: treble. n. An — v. t. [tripled (-Id), -lixg.] To make thrice as much or as many; to treble. — Triplet, n. Three of such as a kind, or 3 united. (Poet.) Three verses rhyming force, or together. (3fus.) Three tones or notes sung or played — Treinthe time of 2.— Trip-Ticate, -li-kat. a. Made thrice tremas much; threefold; tripled.— n. A 3d paper or thing or vibracorresponding to 2 others of the same kind. — Tripshivlication, n. The act of tripling or making threefold; state of being tripled. — Triplic/'ity, -plis'T-tl, n. of State or quality of beins triple, or threefold; treblene . — Tre , n. A braid, knot, or curl of hair; a trexchrinsrlet. — Trey, tra, n. A 3 at cards; a card of 3 or spots. — Tri'o, tri'- or tre'o, n. Three persons in comnany or acting to- — (Fort.) gether. (Mus.) A cnmnnpurpose the foil, sMon n. for (Bot.) 3 parts. A plant — Tre'- of ' A plow many species, of the geof comnus TnfoHum, which in for cludes the white clover, Trefoils. fare; end, eve, term; in, Ice; Sdd, t5ne, 6r; red clover, etc. (Arch.) An ornament of 3 cusps -in a circle, resembiiug 3-leaved clover. — Wangle, -arj-gl, n. (Geom.) A figure bounded by 3 lines, and containing 3 angles. [A triangle is plane, spherical, or curvilinear, according as its sides are straight lines, or arcs of great circles of a sphere, or any curved lines whatever. A plane triangle is designated as scalene, isosceles, or equilateral, according as it has no 2 sides equal, 2 sides equal, or all sides equal; and also us right-angled, Triangles. or oblique-angled, according as equilateral triangle it has 1 right angle, or none; 2, isosceles triangle and an oblique-angled triangle 3, right - angled trianis either acute-angled or obtusegle; 4, obtuse-angled angled, according as all the an triangle; 5, scalene trigles are acute, or 1 pi them obangle. 1, 2, and 5, are tuse. The terms scalene, isos also acute-angled triceles, equilateral, right-anyled, angles. acute-angled, and obtuse-angled, are applied to spherical in the same sense as to plane triangles.] (Mus.) A bar of steel bent into the form of a triangle, and struck with a small rod. — Tri'angled, -gld, a. Having 3 angles; triangular. — Trian'gular, a. Having 8 angles. (Bot.) Flat or lamellar, and having 3 sides; oblong, and having 3 lateral faces.— Trian'gulate, t. To survey by means of a series of triangles properly laid down and measured; to make triangular.— Trian/gula/'tion, n. (Survey.) The series of triangles with which the face of a country is covered in trigonometrical survey; the operation of measuring the elements nece ary to determine the triangles into which the country to be surveyed is supposed to be divided. — TrKarchy, -ark-T, n. Government by 3 persons.— Triba's ic, a. (Chem.) Containing portions of base to 1 of acid, — said of oxysalts. Tri'brach, -brak, n. (Pros.) A poetic foot of 3 short syllables.— Tra'ceps, -seps, n. (Anat.) A muscle having 3 heads, esp. the great extensor muscle of the forearm, arising by 3 heads, 2 from the humerus and 1 from the scapula, and having its tendon inserted into the olecranon proce .— Tri'chord, -kord, n. (ilus.) An instrument having 3 strings. — Tri'color, -kul-er, n. The national French banner, of colors, blue, white, and red, adopted at the first revolution; any 3-colored nag. — Tricor'poral, -porate, k6rrpo-rat, a. Having 3 bodies. — Tricus'pid, Having 3 cusps or points. — Tridadyl, -tylous, -til us, a. Having 3 toes. — Tri'dent, n. (Anc. Myth.) A kind of scepter or spear with 3 prongs, the common attribute of Neptune. A 3-pronged fish-spear. — a. Having 3 teeth or prongs. — Trident'ate, -ated, a. Having 3 teeth or prongs; trident. — Trien'nial, -nTal, a. Continuing 3 years; happening or appearing once in 3 years.— Trien'nially, adv. Once in 3 years. — Tri'fallow, -fal-lo, v. t. [-lowed (-lb"d), -lowing.] To plow the 3d time before sowing, as land or a field. — Tri'- Trident. fid, a. (Bot.) Divided half wav into 3 parts; 3-cleft. — Triflo'ral, -rous,_-rus, a. (Bot.) Bearing flowers. — Trifoliate, -lT-at. -ated, a. ( Bot.) Having 3 leaves, as clover.— Triform, o. Having a triple form or shape. — Trig'-amy, -a-mi, n. State of ing married 3 times, or state of having 3 husbands or wives at the same time. — Tri'glyph, -glif, n. (Arch.) An ornament in the frieze of the Doric order, repeated at equal intervals.— Triglypb/ic, -ical, a. Consisting of, or pert, to, triglyphs. — Tri'gon, Triglyphs. n. A triangle" (Asirol.) Trine, an aspect of 2 planets distant 120° from each other. — Trig'onal, a. Having 3 angles or corners; triangular. (Bot.) Having 3 prominent longitudinal angles.— Trig/onom,etry, -e-trT, n. Th-H branch mathematics which treats of the relations of sides and ansles of triangles, with the methods deducing from certain parts given other parts quired. — Trig'onomet'ric, -rical, a. Of, pert, sun, cube, full; moon, fot>t; cow, performed by, or according to, the rules of trigonometry. — Tri'graph, -graf, n. Three letters united in pronunciation so as to have but one sound, or to form but one syllable, as ieu in adieu. — Trihe'dral, a. Having 3 equal sides or faces. — Trihe'dron, n. A figure having 3 equal sides. — Trijugous, trij'uor tri-jurgus, a. (Bot.) In 3 pairs. — Trilateral, a. Having 3 sides. — Triliferal, a. Consisting of 3 letters.— n. A word consisting of 3 letters. — Trilobate, tri-lo'- or trilo-bat, a. Having 3 lobes.— Trilobite, -bit, n. (Paleon.) One of an extinct family of crustaceans. — Triloclilar, a. (Bot.) Having 3 cells for seeds; o-celled.— TriKogy, -o-jt, n. A series of o complete dramas,, which bear a mutual relation, and form;; parts of one historical and poetical picture. — Trimes'tar, ». A term or period of 3 months.— Trim'eter, -e-ter, n. (Pros.) A poetical division of verse, „ consisting of 3 measures. — Trimefric- -Lruocular al, a. Consisting of 3 poetical measures. Capsule. — Tri'nal, a. Threefold.— Trine, trln, n. (Astrol.) The aspect of planets distant from each other 120s, or l-3d of the zodiac. — Trinity, trTnl-tT, n. (Theol.) The union of 3 persons (the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit) in one Godhead, so that all the 3 are one God as to substance, but 3 persons as to individuality. — Trinity term. (Eng. Courts.) The sitting of the law courts between May 22 and v. June 12. — Trinita'rian, -tali-an.-a. Of, or pert, to, the Trinity. — n. One who believes the doctrine of the Trinity. — Trin italian ism, n. The doctrine a of Trinitarians. — Trinolnial, -m l-al, w. (Math.) A quantity consisting of 3 terms, connected by the sign + or —. — Tripartite, trip'iir-tlt or tri-partlt, a. Divided into 3 parts; having 3 corresponding parts or copies; made between 3 parties. — Trip'ar- 3 ti'tion, -tishlin, n. A division bv 3s, or into 3 parts. — — Trip'edal, -e-dal, a. Having 3 feet.— Triper'ity, sonal, n. a. The Consisting state of of existing 3 persons. in 3 — persons Triper's onal''- in one Godhead; trinity. — Tripet'alous, -al-us, a. (Bot.) Having 3 petals or flower leaves. — Triph'thong, trifor trip' thong, n. (Pron.) A combination or 3 vowels in a single syllable, forming a simple or i compound sound; a union of 3 vowel characters, 3 representing together a single sound, as ieu in adieu; a trigraph. — Triphthon'gal, -thon'gal, a. Of, or pert, to, a triphthong: consisting of 3 letters proa. i nounced together in a single syllable. — Tri'pod, n. | Any utensil or ve el supported on 3 feet; a 3-legged seat, table, caldron, altar, etc. (Sun:) A 3-legged frame or stand, for supporting a theodolite, compa , etc. — Trip'tote, -tot, n. (Gram.) _A name or noun having 3 cases only. — Trileme, -rem, n. (Gr. Antiq.) A galley or ve el with 3 benches or ranks of oars on a side. — Trisaglon, tris-ag'l-on, n. An anthem or hymn in which the word "holy" is thrice repeate"d. —Trisect', -sekf, v. t. To cut or divide into 3 equal parts. — Trisec'tion, n. The division of a thing, as an angle, into 3 equal parts. — Trisul'cate, -kat, a. Having 3 furrows, forks, or prongs.— Trisyllable, -sil'la-bl. n. A word consist- 3 ing of 3 syllables. — Tris'yllablc. -ical, -il-lablk-al, a. Of, or pert, to, a trisyllable; consisting of three syllables. — Trilheism, -the-izm, n. (Theol.) The be opinion that the Father, Son, and Holv Spirit are 3 distinct Gods. — Tri'theist, n. (Eccl.) One who believes that the.'! persons in the Trinity are 3 distinct Gods. — Tritheistlc, -ical, a. Of, or pertaining to, tritheism. — Trilone, n. (31us.) A superfluous or augmented fourth. — Trium'vir, tri-um'vSr, n.; L. pi. -vie i; E. pi. -vies. One of 3 men united in office. — Trinra'yirate, -vT-rat, n. Government by 3 in coalition or a ociation; a coalition or a ociation of 3 in office or authority. — Tri'une, -tin, a. Being 3 in one, — an epithet used to expre the unity of the Godhead in a trinity of persons. — TriVet, Trev'et. n. A 3-legged frame or other sup of port ior a kettle, etc.; a tripod. — Trivial, -I-al, a. the Of little worth or importance; inconsiderable; trifof ling. — Triviality, -T-tT, n. State or quality of bereing"tnvi:il: trivialne ; that which is trivial; a trifle. to, — Trivlum, -T-um, n. The 3 arts of grammar, logic, oil; linger or ink, then, boxbox, chair, get. and rhetoric, — so called because they constitute triple way, as it were, to eloquence. — Tri'weekTy, a. Performed, occurring, or appearing 3 times week; thrice-weekly. — Tro'car, n. A surgical strument for evacuating fluids from cavities, dropsy. — Tren'tal, Tngin'tal, -jin'tal, n. Cath. Ch.) An office for the dead, consisting ma es rehearsed for 30 days succe ively. A an elegy. — Tricen'nial, -sen'ni-al, a. Of, pert, or consisting of, 30 years; occurring once in 30 years.— Tricentenary, -sen'te-na-rT, n. A of 3 centuries; 300 years. — Trillion, -yun, n. cording to Eng. notation, the product of a million involved to the 3d power, or with 18 ciphers nexed; according to the common or French tion, the number expre ed by 1 with 12 ciphers nexed: see Numeration, under Number. Trial. See under Try. Tribasic. 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