tri derivative (triderivativ)

[ IMG:content-0863.jpg:[graphic] IMG:content-0864.jpg:[graphic] IMG:content-0865.png:[blocks in formation] Seeldome chaunge the better brought; Content who lives with tryed state Neede feare no chaunge of frowning fate. One Ebes, an od man & honer able of kyn, Of Tracy the tru kyng was his triet fader. That thing ought to seme no newe matter vnto you, whyche wente long a go before in the triedly proued prophetes, and lately in Christe. J. Udall , On Peter iv. See trihedral . triedral (tri-ē'dral), a . trielyt, adv . [MË. trielich , tri eliche ; trie2 + -ly2.] Choicely; finely; excellently. Than were the me an geres in alle maner wise So tri eliche a-tired. as, triennial parliaments; specifically, of plants, lasting or enduring for three years. There are that hold the elders should be perpetual: there are others for a triennial , others for a biennial eldership. Bp . Hall , Episcopacy by Divine Right, iii. § 5. Triennial abbot. See abbot . - Triennial Act, an Eng- lish statute of 1694 which required that a new Parliament be summoned at least once in three years, and that no Par- liament be continued more than three years. It was re- pealed by the Septennial Act, in 1716.-Triennial pre- script i on, in Scots law , a limit of three years within which creditors can bring actions for certain cla es of debts, such as merchants' and tradesmen's accounts, servants' wages, years. Bailey , 1727. triens (trī'enz), n.; pl. trientes (trī-en'tēz). [L., the third part of anything, tres (tri-), three: see three .] 1. A copper coin of the an- cient Roman republic, the third part of the as; also, a gold coin of the Roman empire, the third In law , a third part; also, dower. triental (tri'en-tal), a. [L. trientalis , that contains a third, trien (t-)s, a third part: see taining to the triens, or third part. Trientalis (trī-en-tā'lis), n . [NL. (Linnæus, 1737): see triental .] A genus of gamopetalous plants, of the order Primulaceæ and tribe Lysi- machieæ . It is characterized by flowers with a deeply parted wheel-shaped corolla, bearing the stamens on its base, and by a five-valved capsule containing white round- ish seeds. There are only 2 species, growing in high lat- itudes or at high altitudes -T. Europæa , in both Europe and North America, and T. American a , from the mountains of Virginia to Labrador, and west to the Saskatchewan. They are smooth delicate plants, growing in woodlands from a slender, creeping, perennial rootstock, and pro- ducing a single slender stem bearing a whorl of entire leaves, and a few delicate star-like flowers on slender peduncles. They are known as star - flower , especially T. American a . Both species are also called chickweed winter- green. Plural of triens. trientes, n. trier (tri'er), n. [Formerly also tryer , also in law trior ; triour , trier , try: see try .] 1. One who tries; one who examines, invest i- gates, tests, or attempts; one who experiments. Than the thre knyghtes answered hotely, and sayde howe they set but lytell by the mana yng of a sonne of a tryer of hony. Berners , tr. of Froi art's Chron., I. ccccii. The ingenious triers of the German experiment. Boyle. Specifically-(a) In Eng . hist ., a member of a committee appointed by the king, and charged with examining pet i- tions, referring them to the courts, and reporting them to Parliament, if so required. The triers [of petitions] were selected by the king from the list of the lords spiritual, the lords temporal, and the justices. Stubbs , Const. Hist., § 434. (b) Under the Commonwealth, an ecclesiastical commis- sioner appointed by the Parliament to examine the charac- ter and qualifications of ministers for institution and in- To say extremity was the trier of spirits. Shak . , Cor., iv. 1. 4. trierarch (trī'er-ärk), n. [F. triérarque , τριήραρχος , the commander of a trireme, τριήρης , a trireme, + ἄρχειν , be first, rule.] In Gr. antiq ., the commander of a tri- reme; also, a property-holder who was obliged to build ships and equip them at his own ex- pense, as a public liturgy. trierarchal (tri'er-är-kal), a. [ trierarch + -al.] Of or pertaining to a trierarch or the tri- erarchy. To who me in mixed sacrifice The Theban wiues at Delphos solemnize Their trieterickes . tri fasciated (tri-fash'i-a-ted), a. [L. tres ( tri- ), three, + fascia , band: see fasciate .] Sur- rounded by or marked with three bands. Pen- nant , Brit. Zoöl. (ed. 1777), IV. 88. trifid (tri'fid), a. [L. trifid us , findere , cleave: see bite . Cf. bifid .] Divided into three parts. Specifically-(a) In bot ., divided half-way into three parts by linear sinuses with straight margins; three-cleft. (b) In zool ., three-cleft; deeply tridentate; divided into three parts; trichotomous. trifistulary (trī-fis'tū-lā-ri), a. [L. tres (tri-), three, + fistula , pipe.] Having three pipes. Many. of that species whose trifistulary bill or crany we have beheld. Sir T. Browne , Vulg. Err., iii. 12. tri flagellate (tri-flaj'e-lat), a. [L. tres (tri-), three, + flagellum , a whip.] Having three fla- gella, as an infusorian; tri mast i gate. triflel (trī'fl), n. [ trifle , trifel , triful , try- fule , trefle , trefele, trufle , truful , trufful , truyfle, truffle , trofle , a jest, jesting, mock- ery, raillery, a var., with intrusive I (as in treacle , chronicle , etc.), of truffe , a jest, mock, flout, gibe: supposed to be a transposed use of truffe , F. truffe , a truffle (cf. F. dial. truffe , treufe, potato), = Pr. trufa = Sp. trufa = It. truffa , a truffle (a truffle being regarded formerly, it is thought, as a type of a small or worthle ob- ject): see truffle .] 1. A jest; a joke; a pleas- antry. The reform in the trierarchal law was proposed by De- mosthenes. M. L. D'Ooge , Note on Demosthenes's Oration [De Corona (ed. 1875), p. 182. trierarchy (tri'er-är-ki), n. [ τριηραρχία , the office or dignity of a trierarch, 4. Anything of slight value or moment; a pal- try matter; an insignificant fact, circumstance, object, amount, etc.: often used in the adver- bial phrase a trifle : as, to feel a trifle annoyed. Thus ther stondes in stale the stif kyng hi eluen, Talkkande bifore the hyze table of trifles ful hende. Sir Gawayne and the Green Knight (E. E. T. S.), 1. 108. A snapper-up of unconsidered trifles . Shak ., W. T., iv. 3. 26. The bank itself was small and grave, and a trifle dingy. C. Reade, Love me Little, xi. 3. To talk or act idly; busy one's self with trivial or usele things; act frivolously; waste one's time; dally; idle. Treoflinge heo smot her & ther in another tale sone. Rob . of Gloucester (ed. Morris and Skeat, II. 21). We would not trifle long at this place. Hakluyt's Voyages , II. ii. 28. I can only trifle in this Review. It takes me some time Sydney Smith , To Francis Jeffrey, July, 1810. 4. To play, as by lightly handling or touching something; toy. Hold still thy hands, moue not thy feete, beware thou of tryfling. Babees Book (E. E. T. S.), p. 75. The Agows knew well that they were in the hands of one who was no trifler . Bruce , Source of the Nile, II. 618. trifle-ring (tri'fl-ring), п. A ring having some hidden mechanism or play of parts, as a gim- mel-ring, puzzle-ring, or one composed of three or more hoops working on pivots. trifling (tri'fling), n. [ trifling , * trufling , trouflyng; verbal n. of trifle , v.] The act or conduct of one who trifles, in any sense. He returned his answer by a letter dated at Crogh the thirtith of October, 1579, vsing therein nothing but tri- flings and delaies. 3. Good-for-nothing; worthle ; mean. [South- ern and western U. S.] neighbor was accounted too " triftin " to be respectable. E. Eggleston, The Graysons, xii. triflingly (tri'fling-li), adv . In a trifling man- triflingne (tri'fling-nes), n. ner; with levity; without seriousne or dignity. character of being trifling. resented upon its own proper principles. The triflingne and petulancy of this scruple I have rep- Bp. Parker , Rehears. Transp., p. 39. ( Richardson .) tri floral (tri-floral), a. [L. tres ( tri- ), three, + flos ( flor- ), flower, + -al.] In bot ., same as triflorous. triflorous (tri-flor us), a . [L. tres ( tri- ), three, + flos ( flor- ), flower, + -ous .] Three-flowered; bearing three flowers: as, a triflorous peduncle. trifluctuationt (tri-fluk-tu-a's hon), n. [L. tres ( tri- ), three, + fluctuatio (n-), fluctuation.] A concurrence of three waves. The Greeks, to expre the greatest wave, do use the number of three, that is, the word τρικυμία, which is a con- currence of three waves in one, whence arose the proverb τρικυμία κακῶν, or a tri fluctuation of evils, which Erasmus doth render malorum fluctus decuman us. Sir T. Browne , Vulg. Err., vii. 17. trifold (tri'föld), a . [ tres ( tri- ), three, + -fold.] Threefold; triple; triune. trifolia (tri-foʻli-ä), n. [L. tres ( tri- ), three, + folium , leaf.] A curve of the eighth order whose equation is Cr3 = (sin 0 )2. trifoliate (tri-fo'li-at), a. [L. tres ( tri- ), three, + foliatus , leaved, folium , a leaf. Cf. trefoil .] Having three leaves; trefoil; specifically, in bot . , having three leaves or leaflets: used chief- ly, in the latter sense, of compound leaves, as a shortened form of trifoliolate . See cut d under leaf . 2. To spend on trifles; pa idly or foolishly; waste; fritter: often followed by away . We trifle time in words. Ford , Broken Heart, v. 2. The scarcest of all (medals] is a Pescennius Niger on a medallion well preserved. It was coined at Antioch, where this emperor trifled away his time till he lost his life and empire. -ed2.] Same as trifoliate . Silver beaker, the base trifoliated . South Kensington Cat. Spec . Ex . , No. 4803. Trifolieæ (tri-fo-li'ē-ē), n. pl. [NL. (Bronn, 1822), Trifolium + -ex.] A tribe of legumi- nous plants, of the suborder Papilionaceæ . It is characterized by usually trifoliate leaves minutely toothed by the projection of their straight excurrent veins, by flowers usually borne in a head or raceme on an axillary peduncle, and by an ovary with two or more ovules, form- ing in fruit an unjointed two-valved or small and indehis- cent pod. The 6 genera are chiefly herbs of north tem- perate regions, Trifolium (the type) including the clovers. See also Melilot us , Medicago , Trigon ell a , On on is , and Paro- chetus. B. Jonson, King James's Coronation Entertainment. Braid moonfern now with mystic trifoly . IMG:content-0866.jpg:[graphic] trifoliolate (trī-fo'li-o-lāt), a. [L. tres (tri-), three, + NL. folio lat us , foliolate.] In bot . , hav- folio lat us , foliolate.1 ing three leaflets: more commonly trifoliate . Trifolium (tri-foʻli-um), n. [NL. (Rivinus, 1691; earlier in Brunfels, 1530), trifolium , Brunfels trefoil, tres ( tri- ), ( tri- ), three, three, + folium , leaf: see foill . Cf. trifoly , trefoil, trefle .] A genus of legumi- nous plants, type of the tribe Trifolieæ , and in- cluding most of the plants commonly known as clover. It is characterized by usually withering-persis- tent petals, all, or the lower ones, adnate at the base, or higher, to the stamen-tube, and by a usually indehiscent membranous legume included within the persistent keel- petals or calyx. About 300 species have been described, of which about 170 are now thought distinct. They are abundant in north temperate and subtropical regions; a few occur on mountains within the tropics in America, or beyond in Africa and South America. They are herbs, usually with digitate leaves of three leaflets, or rarely more; in 3 perennial species of the Sierra Nevada, with It. tri for me , triform is , having three forms, IMG:content-0867.png:[blocks in formation]