Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Lexicon: tribulation – trill
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tribulation, n. [OFr tribulacion, to press, afflict.]
Suffering; adversity; persecution; great affliction (see Matthew 13:21); [fig.] martyrdom (see Revelation 7:14).
tribunal, n. [L. tribūnāl.]
Court; place of judgment.
trick, n. [OFr trique, deceit, treachery, cheating.]
- Hand of cards counted as a unit for scoring purposes in a game; [phrase “take a trick”] win a single round in a game of cards.
- Prank; joke.
- Artifice; deception.
tried, n. [see try, v.]
Mourner; person refined by grief; one who has passed through a trial.
tried, v. [see try, v.]
tries, v. [see try, v.]
trifle (-s), n. [OFr trufle.]
- Mote; small particle; thing of little importance.
- Phrase. “A trifle”: [functions as adverb] shortly; a little; to a small extent.
trifling, adj. [see trifle, n.]
Small; trivial; worthless; inconsequential; of little importance.
trigger, n. [Du. trekker.]
Firing mechanism of a gun.
trill (-ed), v. [It. trillare.]
Quaver; warble; whistle; make a tremulous musical sound.