triosteum

[Pref. tri-, and Greek osteon =a Bot.: A genus of Lonicerese. Hairy, perennial herbs, with connate leaves, a tubular corolla swollen at the base, five stamens, and drupaceous fruit, generally with three cells. Triosteum per folia tum, in small doses, is a mild cathartic, in large ones it produces vomiting. Its dried and roasted berries have been used as a substitute for coffee. tri-ox-a-mỹl-a-mine, subst. [Pref. tri-; Eng. ox ( ygen ), and amyl a mine.] Chem.: (C5H110) 3N. A base obtained by heating anhydrous valeral-ammonia to 130° in a sealed tube for eight hours. It is a colorle viscid oil, having, when heated, a pungent odor, is slightly soluble in water, soluble in alcohol; specific gravity, 879 at 22°. It has a strong alkaline reaction, and when distilled is partially decomposed with evolution of ammonia. tri-ox-ide, s . [Pref. tri- , and Eng. oxide .] Chem.: A term applied to an oxide in which one atom of the metal is combined with three atoms of oxygen, thus: Chromium trioxide, CrO3. trioxide of tungsten, s . [TUNGSTIC-OXIDE.] tri-ox-y-a-liz'-a-rin, s . [Prefs. tri- , oxy- , and Eng. alizarin .) (PSEUDO PURPURIN.] trip, *trippe, *tryp, v . i. & t . [A lighter form of the base trap , which appears in tramp ; cogn. with Dut. trippen , trappen to tread under foot; trippelen to trip, to dance; Low Ger. trippeln =to trip; Sw. trippa ; Dan. trippe to trip; trip =a short step; O. Fr triper =to tread or stamp on.] IMG:content-1457.png:[blocks in formation] 2. To move, progre , or advance lightly or evenly. "Tripping along the path of seeming prosperity as though no burden rested upon its shoulders." - London Daily Telegraph . 3. To take a journey or voyage; to make a trip or excursion. 4. To stumble; to strike the foot against something so as to lose the step and nearly fall; to make a false step; to lose the footing. "Cold Punch tripped twice in the run up."- Field, Dec. 6, 1884. 5. To make a false move; to stumble, to err, to go wrong; to offend against morality, propriety, or rule. "Jenny had tript in her time." Tennyson: The Grandmother. Sometimes followed by on or upon . "He sometimes tripped upon his facts." -Burroughs: Pepacton, p. 126. B. Transitive : I. Ordinary Language: 1. To cause to fall by striking the feet suddenly from under a person; to cause to stumble lose the footing, or make a false step, by striking the feet or checking their free action. (Frequently followed by up .) "It sometimes tripped me up with a large root it sent out like a foot."-Burroughs: Pepacton , p. 244. *2. To cause to fail; to put something in the way of; to obstruct. "To trip the course of law." Shakesp. Henry IV ., Pt. II., v 2. 3. To catch in a fault, mistake, or offense; to detect in a false step. "These her women can trip me if I err." Shakesp. Cymbeline, v. 5. II. Naut.: To loose, as an anchor from the bottom, by its cable or buoy-rope. chase we could make."-Cook: First Voyage, bk. i., ch. xx. "We could not trip the bower anchor with all the pur trip (1), s. [TRIP, v.] I. Ordinary Language: 1. A light, short step; a lively movement of the feet. 2. Hence the sound of such a step; a light footfall. 3. A short voyage or journey; an excursion; as, a pleasure trip . tripe 4. A sudden stroke or catch by which a wrestler supplants his antagonist. "Or by the girdles grasp'd, they practise with the hip, The forward, backward, falx, the mar, the turn, the trip." Drayton: Polyolbion , &. 1. 5. A stumble by the lo of foothold; a striking of the foot against an object. 6. A failure, a mistake; a false step or move; a slight error arising from haste or want of consideration. "They then, who of each trip th' advantage take, Find but those faults which they want wit to make." Dryden. (Todd.) *7. A moment, a twinkling. "They'll whip it up in the trip of a minute."-Cibber: Provoked Husband , p. 59. II. Naut .: A single board or tack in flying to windward.