Emily Dickinson Lexicon

TRIP'-HAM-MER, n.

A large hammer used in forges.

TRI'PHANE, n.

A mineral, spodumene. Ure.

TRIPH'THONG, n. [Gr. τρεις, three, and φθογγη, sound.]

A coalition of three vowels in one compound sound, or in one syllable, as in adieu, eye.

TRIPH-THON'GAL, a.

Pertaining to a triphthong; consisting of a triphthong.

TRIPH'YL-LOUS, a. [Gr. τρεις, three, and φυλλον, leaf.]

In botany, three-leaved; having three leaves.

TRIP'LE, a. [Fr. from L. triplex, triplus; tres and plico, to fold.]

1. Threefold; consisting of three united; as, a triple knot; a triple tie. By thy triple shape as thou art seen. Dryden.
2. Treble; three times repeated. [See Treble.] Triple time, in music, is that in which each bar is divided into three measures or equal parts, as three minims, three crotchets, three quavers, &c.

TRIP'LE, v.t.

To treble; to make threefold or thrice as much or as many. [Usually written treble.] Lee.

TRIP'LE-CROWN-ED, a.

Having three crowns.

TRIP'LED, pp.

Made threefold.

TRIP'LE-HEAD-ED, a.

Having three heads.

TRIP'LET, n. [from triple.]

1. Three of a kind, or three united.
2. In poetry, three verses rhyming together.
3. In music, three notes sung or played in the time of two.

TRIP'LI-CATE, a. [L. triplicatus, triplico; tres and plico, to fold.]

Made thrice as much; threefold. Triplicate ratio, is the ratio which cubes bear to each other. Cyc.

TRIP'LI-CATE-TER'NATE, a.

In botany, thrice ternate. The same as triternate, – which see.

TRIP-LI-CA'TION, n.

1. The act of trebling or making threefold, or adding three together. Glanville.
2. In the civil law, the same as sur-rejoinder in common law.

TRI-PLIC'I-TY, n. [Fr. triplicité; from L. triplex.]

Trebleness; the state of being threefold. Watts.

TRIP'LING, n.

Making threefold.

TRIP'LY-RIB-BED, a. [triple and rib.]

In botany, having a pair of large ribs branching off from the main one above the base, as in the leaves of many species of sunflower. Smith.

TRIP-MAD-AM, n.

A plant. Mortimer.

TRI'POD, n. [L. tripus, tripodis; Gr. τριπους; τρεις, three and πους, foot.]

A bench, stool or seat supported by three legs, on which the priest and sibyls in ancient times were placed to render oracles. Dryden. Cyc.

TRIP'O-LI, n.

In mineralogy, a mineral originally brought from Tripoli, used in polishing stones and metals. It has a argillaceous appearance, but is not compact. It has a fine hard grain, but does not soften by water, or mix with it. It is principally composed of silex. Cyc.

TRIP'O-LINE, a.

Pertaining to tripoli.

TRI'POS, n.

A tripod, – which see.

TRIP'PED, pp. [from trip.]

Supplanted.

TRIP'PER, n.

One who trips or supplants; one that walks nimbly.

TRIP'PING, n.

1. The act of tripping.
2. A light dance. Milton.
3. The loosing of an anchor from the ground by its cable or buoy-rope