Emily Dickinson Lexicon

trigger, n. [Du. trekker.]

Firing mechanism of a gun.

trill (-ed), v. [It. trillare.]

Make a quavering or tremulous musical sound.

trillion, adj. [Fr. trillion.]

One million raised to the third power (1,000,000³); [fig.] denoting a very large number.

trinket (-s), n. [Origin uncertain.]

1. Small ornament; piece of jewelry.
2. Implements or tackle of an occupation; piece of equipment.

trip (-s), n. [see trip, v.]

Short journey.

trip (-ped, -ping), v. [OFr treper, strike (the ground) with the foot in sign of joy or of impatience, leap, dance, trample, strike with feet.]

1. Stumble; lose one's foothold.
2. Dance; step quickly and lightly.

triple, adj. [Fr. 'threefold'.]

Containing three items; consisting of three things combined.

triplet (-s), n. [Fr.]

Three notes played as two.

Tripoli, proper n. [Fr. < Gk treis, three + polis, town.]

Capital city of Libya; North African battle site; nineteenth-century stronghold of pirates and Turks in the Barbary States; place of American naval victory in the Mediterranean region (1801-1805); [fig.] freedom; liberty; abolishment of slavery; (see ED letters).

trite (-st), adj. [L. trītus.]

Common; ordinary; obvious; well-known.