Trim (v. t.) Fitly adjusted; being in good order., or made ready for service or use; firm; compact; snug; neat; fair; as, the ship is trim, or trim built; everything about the man is trim; a person is trim when his body is well shaped and firm; his dress is trim when it fits closely to his body, and appears tight and snug; a man or a soldier is trim when he stands erect.
Trimaculated (a.) Marked with three spots, or maculae.
Trimellic (a.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, a certain tribasic acid (called also trimellitic acid) metameric with trimesitic acid.
Trimembral (a.) Having, or consisting of, three members.
Trimera (n. pl.) A division of Coleoptera including those which have but three joints in the tarsi.
Trimeran (n.) One of the Trimera. Also used adjectively.
Trimerous (a.) Having the parts in threes.
Trimesitic (a.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, a tribasic acid, C6H3.(CO2)3, of the aromatic series, obtained, by the oxidation of mesitylene, as a white crystalline substance.
Trimester (n.) A term or period of three months.
Trimestral (a.) Trimestrial.
Trimestrial (a.) Of or pertaining to a trimester, or period of three months; occurring once in every three months; quarterly.
Trimeter (a.) Consisting of three poetical measures.
Trimeter (n.) A poetical division of verse, consisting of three measures.
Trimethyl () A prefix or combining form (also used adjectively) indicating the presence of three methyl groups.
Trimethylamine (n.) A colorless volatile alkaline liquid, N.(CH3)3, obtained from herring brine, beet roots, etc., with a characteristic herringlike odor. It is regarded as a substituted ammonia containing three methyl groups.
Trimethylene (n.) A gaseous hydrocarbon, C3H6, isomeric with propylene and obtained from it indirectly. It is the base of a series of compounds analogous to the aromatic hydrocarbons.
Trimetric (a.) Same as Orthorhombic.
Trimetrical (a.) Same as Trimeter.
Trimly (adv.) In a trim manner; nicely.
Trimmer (n.) One who trims, arranges, fits, or ornaments.
Trimmer (n.) One who does not adopt extreme opinions in politics, or the like; one who fluctuates between parties, so as to appear to favor each; a timeserver.
Trimmer (n.) An instrument with which trimming is done.
Trimmer (n.) A beam, into which are framed the ends of headers in floor framing, as when a hole is to be left for stairs, or to avoid bringing joists near chimneys, and the like. See Illust. of Header.
Trimming () a. from Trim, v.
Trimming (n.) The act of one who trims.
Trimming (n.) That which serves to trim, make right or fitting, adjust, ornament, or the like; especially, the necessary or the ornamental appendages, as of a garment; hence, sometimes, the concomitants of a dish; a relish; -- usually in the pluraltrimmings. --.
Trimming (n.) The act of reprimanding or chastisting; as, to give a boy a trimming.
Trimmingly (adv.) In a trimming manner.
Trimness (n.) The quality or state of being trim; orderliness; compactness; snugness; neatness.
Trimorph (n.) A substance which crystallizes in three distinct forms, or which has three distinct physical states; also, any one of these distinct forms. See Trimorphism, 1.
Trimorphic (a.) Alt. of Trimorphous
Trimorphous (a.) Of, pertaining to, or characterized by, trimorphism; -- contrasted with monomorphic, dimorphic, and polymorphic.
Trimorphism (n.) The property of crystallizing in three forms fundamentally distinct, as is the case with titanium dioxide, which crystallizes in the forms of rutile, octahedrite, and brookite. See Pleomorphism.
Trimorphism (n.) The coexistence among individuals of the same species of three distinct forms, not connected, as a rule, by intermediate gradations; the condition among individuals of the same species of having three different shapes or proportions of corresponding parts; -- contrasted with polymorphism, and dimorphism.
Trimurti (n.) The triad, or trinity, of Hindu gods, consisting of Brahma, the Creator, Vishnu, the Preserver, and Siva, the Destroyer.
Trimyarian (n.) A lamellibranch which has three muscular scars on each valve.
Trinal (a.) Threefold.
Trindle (v. t. & n.) See Trundle.
Trine (a.) Threefold; triple; as, trine dimensions, or length, breadth, and thickness.
Trine (n.) The aspect of planets distant from each other 120 degrees, or one third of the zodiac; trigon.
Trine (n.) A triad; trinity.
Trine (v. t.) To put in the aspect of a trine.
Trinervate (a.) Having three ribs or nerves extending unbranched from the base to the apex; -- said of a leaf.
Trinerve (a.) Alt. of Trinerved
Trinerved (a.) Same as Trinervate.
Tringa (n.) A genus of limicoline birds including many species of sandpipers. See Dunlin, Knot, and Sandpiper.
Tringle (n.) A curtain rod for a bedstead.
Tringoid (a.) Of or pertaining to Tringa, or the Sandpiper family.
Trinitarian (a.) Of or pertaining to the Trinity, the doctrine of the Trinity, or believers in that doctrine.
Trinitarian (n.) One who believes in the doctrine of the Trinity.
Trinitarian (n.) One of a monastic order founded in Rome in 1198 by St. John of Matha, and an old French hermit, Felix of Valois, for the purpose of redeeming Christian captives from the Mohammedans.
Trinitarianism (n.) The doctrine of the Trinity; the doctrine that there are three distinct persons in the Godhead.
Trinitrocellulose (n.) Gun cotton; -- so called because regarded as containing three nitro groups.
Trinitrophenol (n.) Picric acid.
Trinity (n.) The union of three persons (the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost) in one Godhead, so that all the three are one God as to substance, but three persons as to individuality.
Trinity (n.) Any union of three in one; three units treated as one; a triad, as the Hindu trinity, or Trimurti.
Trinity (n.) Any symbol of the Trinity employed in Christian art, especially the triangle.
Triniunity (n.) Triunity; trinity.
Trink (n.) A kind of fishing net.
Trinket (n.) A three-cornered sail formerly carried on a ship's foremast, probably on a lateen yard.
Trinket (v. t.) A knife; a cutting tool.
Trinket (v. t.) A small ornament, as a jewel, ring, or the like.
Trinket (v. t.) A thing of little value; a trifle; a toy.
Trinket (v. i.) To give trinkets; hence, to court favor; to intrigue.
Trinketer (n.) One who trinkets.
Trinketry (n.) Ornaments of dress; trinkets, collectively.
Trinkle (v. i.) To act secretly, or in an underhand way; to tamper.
Trinoctial (a.) Lasting during three nights; comprising three nights.
Trinodal (a.) Having three knots or nodes; having three points from which a leaf may shoot; as, a trinodal stem.
Trinodal (a.) Having three nodal points.
Trinomial (n.) A quantity consisting of three terms, connected by the sign + or -; as, x + y + z, or ax + 2b - c2.
Trinomial (a.) Consisting of three terms; of or pertaining to trinomials; as, a trinomial root.
Trinominal (n. & a.) Trinomial.
Trinucleus (n.) A genus of Lower Silurian trilobites in which the glabella and cheeks form three rounded elevations on the head.
Trio (n.) Three, considered collectively; three in company or acting together; a set of three; three united.
Trio (n.) A composition for three parts or three instruments.
Trio (n.) The secondary, or episodical, movement of a minuet or scherzo, as in a sonata or symphony, or of a march, or of various dance forms; -- not limited to three parts or instruments.
Triobolar (a.) Alt. of Triobolary
Triobolary (a.) Of the value of three oboli; hence, mean; worthless.
Trioctile (n.) An aspect of two planets with regard to the earth when they are three octants, or three eighths of a circle, that is, 135 degrees, distant from each other.
Tri/cia (n. pl.) The third order of the Linnaean class Polygamia.
Tri/cious (a.) Having three sorts of flowers on the same or on different plants, some of the flowers being staminate, others pistillate, and others both staminate and pistillate; belonging to the order Tri/cia.
Triole (n.) Same as Triplet.
Triolein (n.) See Olein.
Triolet (n.) A short poem or stanza of eight lines, in which the first line is repeated as the fourth and again as the seventh line, the second being, repeated as the eighth.
Trionychoidea (n. pl.) A division of chelonians which comprises Trionyx and allied genera; -- called also Trionychoides, and Trionychina.
Trionyx (n.) A genus of fresh-water or river turtles which have the shell imperfectly developed and covered with a soft leathery skin. They are noted for their agility and rapacity. Called also soft tortoise, soft-shell tortoise, and mud turtle.
Trior (n.) Same as Trier, 2 and 3.
Trioxide (n.) An oxide containing three atoms of oxygen; as, sulphur trioxide, SO3; -- formerly called tritoxide.
Tripped (imp. & p. p.) of Trip
Tripping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Trip
Trip (n. i.) To move with light, quick steps; to walk or move lightly; to skip; to move the feet nimbly; -- sometimes followed by it. See It, 5.
Trip (n. i.) To make a brief journey or pleasure excursion; as, to trip to Europe.
Trip (n. i.) To take a quick step, as when in danger of losing one's balance; hence, to make a false; to catch the foot; to lose footing; to stumble.
Trip (n. i.) Fig.: To be guilty of a misstep; to commit an offense against morality, propriety, or rule; to err; to mistake; to fail.
Trip (v. t.) To cause to stumble, or take a false step; to cause to lose the footing, by striking the feet from under; to cause to fall; to throw off the balance; to supplant; -- often followed by up; as, to trip up a man in wrestling.
Trip (v. t.) Fig.: To overthrow by depriving of support; to put an obstacle in the way of; to obstruct; to cause to fail.
Trip (v. t.) To detect in a misstep; to catch; to convict.
Trip (v. t.) To raise (an anchor) from the bottom, by its cable or buoy rope, so that it hangs free.
Trip (v. t.) To pull (a yard) into a perpendicular position for lowering it.