trickwig (trikwig)

A wig worn by actors, and so made that the locks of hair may be caused to stand on end at the will of the wearer. tricky (trik'i), a. [ Able men of high character, and not smart, tricky men. The Nation, XXXVI. 545. 2. Playful; roguish; mischievous. Tho' ye was trickie , slee, and funny, Ye ne'er was donsie. color + -ed2.] Having three colors: as, a tri colored flag.- Tricolored violet, the pansy. tricolor ous (tri-kul'or-us), a. [ strong internal cingulum, stout canines, and semipro cumbent or erect Burns, Farmer's Salutation to his Auld Mare, triconsonantal (tri-kon'sō-nan-tal), a . [ Tricky ale-yard. See ale - yard , 2. =Syn. Artful , Sly , etc. See cunning1 . Triclad a (trik'lā-da), n. pl . [NL., κλάδος , a young shoot.] An order of dendrocœlous turbellarians or planarians: dis- tinguished from Polyclada . triclinate (trik'li-nat), a. [ IMG:content-0861.png:[blocks in formation] tres ( tri- ), three, + cons on an (t-)s, consonant, + -al.] Composed of or containing three consonants. The triconsonantal has been evolved out of a biconsonantal root. Smith's Bible Dict ., Confusion of Tongues. triconsonantic (tri-kon-sō-nan′tik), a . [ tres ( tri- ), three, + cons on an ( t- )s, consonant, + -ic.] Same as triconsonantal . The root of the Semitic verb is always triliteral, or rather triconsonantic. Farrar , Families of Speech, iii. tricorn (trī'kôrn), a . and n. [ tricorne , tricorn is , three-horned, tres ( tri- ), three, + cornu , horn.] I. a. Having three horns or horn-like proce es. II. n. A hat with three points or horns; a cocked hat having the brim folded upward tricuspidate against the crown on three sides, producing three angles; hence, by popular misapplication, the hat worn by the French gendarmes, which has only two points: usually written as French, tricorne. See cut 13 under hat. tricornered (trī-kôr'nėrd), a. [ ripene , and tip their tops with clustering tricornered kernels. D. G. Mitchell, Dream Life, Autumn. tri cornigerous (tri-kôr-nije-rus), a. [