Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Dictionary: TRIP'-HAM-MER – TRIP'PING
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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.]
- Threefold; consisting of three united; as, a triple knot; a triple tie. By thy triple shape as thou art seen. Dryden.
- 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.]
- Three of a kind, or three united.
- In poetry, three verses rhyming together.
- 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.
In botany, thrice ternate. The same as triternate, – which see.
TRIP-LI-CA'TION, n.
- The act of trebling or making threefold, or adding three together. Glanville.
- 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.
- The act of tripping.
- A light dance. Milton.
- The loosing of an anchor from the ground by its cable or buoy-rope