tribute 
2. The slate of being liable for such ;i pay- 
ment; the obligation of oonttibaUiig. 
t'mlre It them is a Town that Illicit Hohache ; and there 
allc abowte ilwellen Cristrn.' mm iimlrr TrylmU. 
Manileeille, Travels, p. 104. 
Hl< IBurkc'sl imperial fancy halt laid all nature under 
Irilnil,-, inn) li.i-. i-nlle.-tcd lichen fnilil every scene of the 
creation and every walk of art. 
/(. Hall, Apology for the Freedom of the Press, Iv. 
3. Formerly, that which w;is puiil by a subject 
or a tenant to a sovereign or lord; a tax; rental. 
The distinction which we should draw between tribute 
and rent wns seldom If ever marked in e;irly times. The 
receiver of tribute was regarded as the landlord, and he 
who p:til ft ilih' was regarded as a tenant, paying rent. 
D. W. Jtow, Gorman Land- Holding, notes, p. 243. 
4. Hoo the (|iiotiitiiui. 
"In sumo of the southern parts of Ireland," said Grat- 
tan, In une of the tithe dehaics, "the peasantry are made 
tributary to the tithe-fanner, draw home his corn, his 
hay, anil his turf fur n< Hiring ; give him their labour, their 
cars, and their horses at certain times of the year for 
nothing. These oppressions not only exist, but have ac- 
quired a formal and distinct appellation tributes." 
1,,',-kii, I'.ng. Ill 18th Cent., MI 
5. A contribution; an accretion. 
From his side two rivers flow'd, . . . 
Then meeting join'd their tribute to the tea. 
Hilton, P. R., III. 2ls. 
6. A personal acknowledgment or offering; a 
mark of devotion, gratitude, or respect. 
He receives a suitable tribute for his universal benevo- 
lence to mankind In the returns of affection and good-will 
which are paid him by every one that lives within his 
neighbourhood. Additon, Spectator, No. 122. 
The passing tribute of a sigh. Oray, Elegy. 
7. In iiihiini/, the proportion of ore or its value 
which a person doing tribute-work receives for 
his labor. =Syn. 1. Duty, Impott, etc. Sec tax. 
tribute (trib'ut), r. t. ; pret. and pp. tributed, 
ppr. tribittinii. [< ME. tributen, < L. tributus, 
pp. of trihitere, assign, allot, grant, give : see 
tribute, n.] 1. To pay as tribute. 
An amorous trlfler, that spendeth his forenoons on his 
glass and barber, his afternoons with paint or lust, triimt 
my most precious moments to the scepter of a fan ! 
Whitlock, Manners of Eng. People, p. 302. (Latham.) 
2f. To distribute ; bestow; dispose. 
Hem I sette in wel pastyned lande, 
And that tributed with felicitee. 
Palladia, Husbondrie (E. E. T. S.), p. 124. 
tribute-money (trib'ut-mun'i), n. Money paid 
as tribute. 
But Jesus perceived their wickedness, and said, . . . 
Shew me the tribute money. And they brought unto him 
a penny. Mat. xxil. 18. 
tribute-pitch (trib'ut-pich), M. In mining. See 
liiMil, 11. 
tributer (trib'u-ter), n. [< tribute + -er*.] In 
mining, one who works in a mine, and receives 
as his pay a certain proportion (called tribute) 
of the ore raised. See tribute, n., 7. 
tribute-work (trib'ut-werk), . In mining, 
work taken on tribute. Compare tut-icork. 
tributorioust (trib-u-to'ri-us), a. [< LL. tribu- 
torius, pertaining to payment, < L. tribuere, as- 
sign, give : see tribute, v.] Pertaining to dis- 
tribution, linilcij, 1727. 
tricapsular (tri-kap'su-liir), o. [< L. trea (tri-), 
three, + capsula, capsule, + -nrS.] 1. In hot., 
three-capsuled ; having three capsules to each 
flower. 2. In zoiil., having three capsules or 
cells; tricellular. 
tricarpellary (tri-kar'pe-la-ri), n. [< L. tres 
(tri-), three, + NL. carpellus, carpel, + -art/.] 
In hot., having three carpels. See cut under 
carpel. 
tricarpellite (tri-kar'pe -lit), . [< L. tres (tri-), 
three, + NL. carpellus, carpel, + -<e 2 .] A fos- 
sil nut of the London clay, having three carpels. 
tricarpOUS (trl-kar'pus), a. [< Gr. rpeic. (rpt-), 
three, + K<ipir6c, fruit.] In bot., consisting of 
or bearing three fruits or three carpels; tricar- 
pellary. 
tricaudalis (tri-ka-da'lis), .; pi. tricaudales 
(-lez). [NL. (sc. MMOldM*) t < L. tres (tri.), three, 
+ candit. tail, + -of.] The retrahens auris mus- 
cle, which commonly has three separate slips 
like' tails. 
t ricaudate (tri-ka'dat), a. [< L. tres ( tri-), three, 
+ cattda, tail : see caudate.'] In en torn., having 
three tail-like processes, as the hind margin of 
tlu> posterior wing of some Lepidoptera. 
trice^t (tris), H. [< ME. "tris, spelled tryse, 
trays, and, with excrescent t, tryyste; cf. Sw. 
/n'.vwi, a pulley, truckle (tris*. a spritsuil-brace), 
= Norw. triss (also dim. trissel), a pulley, = 
Dan. tridat, a pulley ; cf . LG. trissel, whirling, 
dizziness; perhaps, with formative -s, and as- 
similation of consonants (trinds- > triss-), from 
6467 
the root 'trim! ( In ml. trrmlli . Iriinlli , li innlli'. 
turn : M -liinin.] A roller; awindlass. I'mm/it. 
I'nir.. p. ."111:1. 
trice 1 (tris), i-. /. ; pret. and pp. tru-ril, ppr. tri- 
</</. [Formerly also trim ; < MK. Ins: n. tri/i'i-ii, 
< ML*!, trixsm, LG. tritium, tri/xxi-n, also Arisen, 
dryscii, wind up, trice, > (!. trissi-n. I rice the 
spritHail, = Dan. tridse, haul by means of a 
pulley: soe trieel, n.] 1. .V/., to haul up; 
tie up or lash by means of a small rope: com- 
monly with u/>. 
With trumpnez thenc trystly they tritene upe thalre 
saillez. Marie Arthur, (E. E. T. X.), L 832. 
The sails were furled with great care, the limits triad 
up by Jiggers, and the Jibs stowed In cloth. 
/.'. //. llano, Jr., Before the Mast, p. 204. 
2t. To drag; pull. 
By Ood, out of his sete I wol him tract ; 
Whan he leest weneth. sonest shal he falle. 
i -I,,,,,,-, r. Honk's Tale, L S35. 
trice 2 (tris), n. [< ME. tryse (in the phrase at 
a tryse) ; later also in the phrases at, with, on, 
or in a trice; appar. lit. 'a pull, jerk,' i. e. a 
single quick motion, < trice 1 , v. The later form 
of the phrase in a trice looks like an adapta- 
tion of the like-meaning Sp. phrase en n trix. 
in a trice (cf. venir en n tris, come in an in- 
stant; ixtur en mi trig, be on the verge; Pg. 
en hum tri;, in a trice, estar par hum tri:, be 
within a hair's breadth), lit. 'in a crack' (a 
phrase used in Scotch), < Sp. trix (= Pg. tri:), 
a crack, crash, noise made by the breaking of 
glass or other brittle things, hence an instant, 
short time, a trice. According to Stevens (1706), 
Sp. tris is " a barbarous fram'd word signifying 
nothing of it self but as they make it ; thus, 
venir en un tris, to come in a trice, no less bar- 
barous in English"; prob., as the redupl. tris- 
tras, a clattering noise, indicates, an ong. imi- 
tative word, like trictrac. It is not clear that 
the Sp. phrase has orig. any connection with 
the E. phrase.] A very short time ; an instant ; 
a moment: only in the phrase in (formerly also 
"I. iriili. or on) a trice. 
The howndls that were of gret prise 
Pluckid downe dere all at a try*. 
Ipomedan, 1. 392 (Weber's Metr. Rom., II. 296). 
What makes the waxen forme to be of slender price? 
But cause with force of fire It melU and wasteth with a 
trice. TurbermUe, To his Friend. 
On a trice, so please yon, 
Even in a dream, were we divided from them. 
Shot., Tempest, v. 1. 238. 
That Structure which was so many Years a rearing was 
dashed, as It were, in a Trice, llmretl, Letters, I. til. 30. 
/n a trice the whole room was in an uproar. 
Steele, Taller, No. 206. 
tricellular (tri-sel'u-lar), a. [< L. tres (tri-), 
three, + cellula, a cell: see cellular.'] Having 
three cells; consisting of three cells. 
tricennarious (tri-se-na'ri-us), a. [Prop. *<ri- 
cenarious, < L. tricenarius, containing thirty, 
thirty years old,< trtceni, thirty, thirty at a time, 
< triginta, thirty: see thirty. The spelling tri- 
cennarious is due to confusion with tricennial, 
which contains the element annwt, year.] Tri- 
cennial ; belonging to the term of thirty years. 
tricennial (tri-sen'i-al), a. [Cf. LL. tricennalis, 
belonging to thirty years; < LL. trieennium, a 
space of thirty years, irreg. < L. tric(eni), thirty 
at a time, thirty each (< triginta, thirty), + an- 
HHS, year. ] Noting thirty, or something marked 
by the number thirty ; specifically, marked by 
the term of thirty years ; occurring once in every 
thirty years. Bailey, 1731. 
tricentenary (tri-sen'te-na-ri), a. and n. [< L. 
'trincntcnaritu, 'trecentenarius, three hundred 
each, < tricenti, trecenti, three hundred, < tres 
(tri-), three, -I- centum, hundred. Cf. centenary.] 
Same as tercentenary. 
tricentennial (tri-sen-ten'i-al), a. and n. [< 
L. tricenti, trecenti, three hundred, + annus, a 
year. Cf. centennial.] Same as tercentenary. 
tricephalous (tri-sef'a-lus), a. [< NL. trieeph- 
al#, < Gr. Tptittibafos, three-headed, < rpeif (rp-), 
three, + nejdfai, head.] Having three heads. 
Compare tricipital. 
tricephalus (tri-sef'a-lus), fi. ; pi. tricephali(-ll). 
[NL.: see tricephafous.] In teratol., a three- 
headed monster. 
triceps (tri'seps). a. and n. [NL., < L. triceps, 
having three heads, < tres (tri-), three, + caput, 
head.] I. a. Three-headed; tricipital; spe- 
cifically, in anat., noting certain muscles which 
arise by three heads. 
II. n. ; pi. tricipites (tri-sip'i-tz). A tricip- 
ital or three-headed muscle, which has a triple 
origin and proceeds to a single insertion ; espe- 
Trichia 
cinlly, such ;i niiiscli- of I he fore or liinil liinli, 
expres-ly linnieil n- ill the following phrnses. 
Triceps extensor crurls. <>r triceps femoralls, tin < < 
tensor uf tin l i and in part the nexor ol 
the thigh II|KIII tlie |l vis, considered as consisting of three 
parts the rectns feniorl*. arising fmm the anterior tiorder 
"f tin llhini, anil thevsstus InU-rnusainl vastus externus, 
arising from the front and sides of tin fi-uiin. M~,. ,]!. i 
i ftiadrieept extensor eruri* when the crunt* us muscle Is con- 
sidered as illniinei from tin- vastus externus. The single 
tendon Incloses the patella, and Is Inserted Into the tuber- 
osltyof thetltila. See third i ill iiinler inluK^l. TTlOtM 
extensor cubltl.'ir tri cepshumeralii.t lie thr.e headed 
muscle which i vt ' H. Ml>. r..M :nni upon the arm, and draws 
the humcrus bai?kward. It Is composed of a long or scapu- 
lar head, arising from the axillary border of the scapula, 
and an Inner and outer or two short heads, arising from 
the back of the hiiinerus, separated by the muaculosplral 
gntove and nerve and superior profunda artery ; the three 
are Inserted together Into the .accretion. Also called tri- 
cepe braeMi, See third nit under muje<el. 
tricerion (tri-se'ri-on), n. [< LGr. ^w;/(ov, < 
(lr. Tpeif(Tpt-), three. 4- K^/iof, wax, a wax-taper: 
see cere.] A candlestick with throe lights, sym- 
boltzing the Trinity: used liy the(ireek l>i>hops 
in lilessinglhe people. See dim inn. 
tricht (trik). r. /. [MK. Irnlim. trn-rliru, < OF. 
tnrlnr. Irirhiir, trrrhier, deceive, trick, = It. 
tnccare, deceive, prob. < L. tricari, trifle, act 
deceitfully, trick, < tritir, trifles. Hence ult. K. 
treacher, treachery, etc. Cf . trick 1 , v. and n .] To 
deceive; trick. 
Nu thu aest that ha hahbeth Urirrhrt te as treUre*. 
Hali lleidenhad (E. E. T. 8.X p. 9. 
Trichadinae(trik-a-di'ne), n.ul. [NL., < Tfichas 
(-ad-) + -in*.] "A subfamily of MniotUtodx, 
composed of the genera Trichas and Oporomis. 
(1. II. Gray. [Rare.] 
trichangia (tri-kan'jU), n. pi. [NL., < Gr. fyx'f 
( T P'X~)t nair, + ajjtiov, vessel.] The capillary 
bloo<l- vessels. 
trichangiectasia, trichangiectasis (tri-kan'ji- 
ek-ta'si-a, tri-kan-ji-ek'ta-sis), n. [NL., < Gr. 
' 
SP'X-)' hair, + iKTaaif, extension : see ecta- 
.-/.-.] Dilatation of the capillary blood-vessels. 
Trichas (tri'kas), . [NL., < Gr. rpi x ac, a bird 
of the thrush kind.] In ornilli. : (a) Same as 
Criniger of Temminck. This name was proposed by 
Ologer In 1827, the same year that Kwalnson named the 
following. The two genera have no connection. See cut 
under Criniaer. (ft) A genus of American war- 
blers, giving name to the subfamily Trichadins: 
same as (ieothlypii. The common Maryland yellow- 
throat used to be called T. marilandica ; It Is now known 
as <J. trichai. See cut under Qcothlypi*. 
trichatrophla (trik-a-tro'fl-B), M. [NL., < Gr. 
Bpif (rptx-), hair, + nrpo^ia/'atrophy: see atro- 
phy.] A brittle condition of the hair, with at- 
rophy of the bulbs. 
Trichechida (tri-kek'i-de), n. pi. [NL., < Tri- 
chfch us + -ida.] 1 . A family of pinniped mam- 
mals, named from the genus Trichechus; the 
walruses. Also Kosmariase, <kM>&ntdse, and (in- 
correctly) Trichc c idif. 2f. A family of sireni- 
ans: same as Mtmatidee. 
trichechine (trik'e-kin), a. and n. [< Trichf- 
chus + -ine 1 .] I. a. Resembling or related to 
the walrus; of or pertaining to the Trichechid. 
H. . A walrus. 
Trichechodon (tri-kek'o-don), n. [NL., < Tri- 
chfchus + Gr. ooorr (oAnr-) = E. tooth, Cf. fri- 
chechodont.] A genus of fossil walruses, whose 
tusks occur in the red clay of Suffolk. Also, in- 
correctly, Trieliccodon. 
trichech'odont(tri-kek'o-dont), a. [<NL. Tri- 
chechus + Gr. Uoif (oiovr-) = E. tnpth.] In 
odontog., noting a form of dentition in which, 
by confluence of tubercles, the molar crowns 
present two or more transverse crests. It oc- 
curs in the manatee (Trichechus (a)), elephant, 
dinotherium, and some marsupials. 
trichechoid (trik'e-koid), n. and n. I. a. Of 
or relating to the Trichechidee, in either sense. 
II. n. One of the 'Trichechidte, in either sense. 
Trichechoidea (trik-e-koi'de-ft), n. pi. [NL., 
< Trichechus + -oidea.] 1. Same as Manatoi- 
dea. 2. Same as Rosmnroiilen. 
Trichechus (trik'e-kus), n. [NL., irreg. < Gr. 
Spit- (rpix-), hair, + Ixav, have.] A Linnean 
genus of mammals, including the manatee and 
the walrus in unnatural association. Specifically 
(at) Restricted to the manatees, and giving name to the 
family Trichtchitl*, 2 : same as Manatut (b) Restricted 
to the walruses, and made type of the family Trithechid*, 
1 : same as Kotmaru* and Odobmna. Also, incorrectly. 
Trichecu*. 
tricheriet, . A Middle English form of treach- 
ery. 
Trichia (trik'i-B), M. [NL., < Gr. 6pif (rpt x -), 
hair.] 1 . A genus of myxomycetous fungi, typ- 
ical of the family Trichiacex. Holler. 2. [J.c.] 
A folding inward of the eyelashes; entropion. 
Also trichiasis. 
