Emily Dickinson Lexicon

TRIP, v.t. [G. trippeln; D. trippen; Sw. trippa; Dan. tripper; W. tripiaw, to trip, to stumble; from rhip, a skipping. See טרף and טרב in Castle.]

1. To supplant; to cause to fall by striking the feet suddenly from under the person; usually followed by up; as, to trip up a man in wrestling; to trip up the heels. Shak.
2. To supplant; to overthrow by depriving of support. Bramhall.
3. To catch; to detect. Shak.
4. To loose an anchor from the bottom by its cable or buoy-rope. Mar. Dirt