triform 
< tres (tri-), three, + forma, form.] Same as Never trig'd his way. 
trifoniKtL 
The . . . moon 
With borrow'd light her countenance triform 
Hence nils and empties. Milton, P. L., iii. 730. 
Goddess Triform, I own thy triple spell. 
Lmvell, Endymion, vii. 
triformed (tri'fdrmd), . [< triform + -ed 2 .] 
1. Formed of three parts, or iii three divisions 
or lobes: as, a triformed wreath of laurel to 
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ay. 
John Taylor, Works (1030). (Nares.) 
If any Demiurgic Teamster is disposed to drive the Cart of 
Peace and Goodwill over the Earth, I stand ready to trig the 
wheels in all the steep places. S. Judd, Margaret, iii 
2. To prop ; hold up. Halliwell. [Prov. Eng.] 
3. To set a mark on, as a standing-place for 
the player in the game of ninepins. 
Trigged, having a Mark set to stand in playing at Nine 
Pins. Bailey, 1727. 
indicate ^England, Scotland, and ^Ireland. 2. trig 3 (trig), n. [< trig*, v.] 1. An obstacle; 
a prop; a skid; a brake-shoe for a wheel to 
Having three shapes, or having three bodies, 
as the "triple Hecate." 
triformity (tri-for'mi-ti), . [< triform + -ity.] 
The state of being triform. Bailey, 1727. 
triformous (tri-f6r'mus), a. [< triform + -ous.] 
Same as triformed. Wilkinson, Manners of the 
Egyptians (ed. Birch), II. 514. (Encyc. Diet.) 
[Rare.] 
triforoid (tri'fo-roid), a. and . [< NL. Triforis, 
q. v., + -oid.] ' I. a. Of or related to the Tri- 
foridse. 
II. n. One of the Triforidse. 
trifoveolate (tri-fo've-o-lat), a. [< L. tres (tri-), 
three, + NL. foveol'a + -ate 1 .] In entom., 
having three round shallow pits or fovese. 
trifurcate (tri-fer'kat), . [< L. trifurcus, hav- 
ing three forks, < tres (tri-), three, + furca, a 
fork: see furcate.] 1. Forking or forked into 
three parts; three-pronged; trichotomous. 
2. In bot., three-forked ; divided into three 
branches or forks. 
ride upon in descending steep hills; a small 
wedge or block used to prevent a cask from 
rolling. 
Nor is his suite in danger to be stopt, 
Or with the triyges of long demurrers propt. 
Sir Jt. Stapylton, tr. of Juvenal, xvi. 62. (Dailies.) 
2. The mark at which the player stands in the 
game of ninepins or bowls. Halliwell. See 
trig'*, ., 3. 
trig 4 (trig), v. i.; pret. and pp. trigged, ppr. trig- 
ging. [Of. fridge, trudge.] To trudge ; trundle 
along. 
There 's many of my own Sex 
With that Holborn Equipage trig to 
Gray's-Inn-Walks ; 
And now and then Travel hither on a Sunday. 
Etherege, The Man of Mode, iii. 3. 
As they rode on the road, 
And as fast as they could trig, 
Strike up your hearts, says Johnston, 
11 have a merry jig. 
'erry Butchers. (Nares.) 
, [< trigam-y + -ist.] 
One who has been thrice married ; especially, 
one who has three wives or three husbands at 
the same time. Sometimes used attributively. 
Trigamist (trigamus), he that hath had three wives. 
Blount, Glossographia, 1670. 
We'll 
trifurcate (tri-fer'kat), v. i. ; pret. and pp. tri- . . . . ,, . , ' 
furcated, ppr. trifurcating. [< trifurcate, a.] trigamist .(trig a-mist), . 
To divide into three parts. 
The arms of a trisene may bifurcate (dichotritene) once, 
twice, or of tener, or they may trifurcate. 
Encyc. Brit., XXII. 417. 
trifurcated (tri-fer'ka-ted), a. [< trifurcate + 
-ed?.] Same as trifurcate: specific in the phrase trigamous (trig a-mus), a. [= F. trigame = 
trifitrcated hake, a gadoid fish otherwise known S P/ trigamo = P f ^igamo,^ < LL. trigamns, < Gr. 
as tadpole-hake. See Baniceps. 
trifurcation (tri-fer-ka'shon), n. [< trifurcate + 
-ion.] The state of being trifurcate ; a trifur- 
cate shape, formation, or arrangement. Quart. 
Jour. Geol. Soc., XLV. 657. 
, thrice married, < rptlf (rpi-), three, + 
marriage.] 1. Of or pertaining to trig- 
amy. 2. In bot., having three sorts of flow- 
ers in the same head male, female, and her- 
maphrodite. 
trig 1 (trig), a. and n. [< ME. trig, tryg, < Icel. trigamy (trig'a-mi), n. [< F. trigamie = Sp. 
tryggr = Sw. trygg, trusty, faithful, true, = Dan. 
tryg, secure, safe, = Goth, triggws, true, faith- 
ful: see true, of which trig is a doublet. Of. 
trick*, a.] I. a. 1. True; trusty; trustworthy; 
faithful. Halliwell. 
Thinlaferrd birrth the buhsumm beon 
& hold & trigg & trowwe. Ormulwm, 1. 6177. 
2. Safe; secure. 
In lesuris and on leyis litill lammes 
Full tait and trig socht bletand to thare dainmes. 
Qavin Douglas, tr. of Virgil, p. 402. 
3. Tight; firm; sound; in good condition or 
health. 
Some o' them will be sent back to fling the earth into the 
Pg. trigamia, < LL. trigamia, < Gr. rpiya/jia, < rpl- 
7'a/iof, thrice married: see trigamous.] Triple 
marriage ; the state of one who has been thrice 
married; especially, the state or offense of 
having three wives or husbands at the same 
time. 
Some few of their Priests are learned. For them it is 
lawfull to marry ; but bigamy is forbidden them, and trig- 
amy detested in the Laiety. Sandys, Travailes, p. 64. 
It is what he calls trigamy, Madam, or the marrying of 
three wives, so that good old men may be solaced at once 
by the companionship of the wisdom of maturity, and of 
those less perfected but hardly less engaging qualities 
which are found at an earlier period of life. 
0. W. Holmes, Professor, i. 
Triglochin 
mer of the lock ; by extension, in crossbows and 
similar arms, the lever which, when pressed, lib- 
erates the string of the bow. See hair-trigger, 
and cuts under yun, revolver, and rifle. 
As a goose 
In death contracts his talons close, 
So did the knight, and with one claw 
The tricker of his pistol draw. 
S. Butter, Hudibras, I. iii. 528. 
2. A catch to hold the wheel of a carriage on a 
declivity. 3. In ship-building, a wooden piece 
employed to hold up a dogshore. It is removed 
just before launching, when the dogshore is 
knocked away. Hair trigger. See hair-trigger. 
Set trigger, a form of trigger which can be set as a hair- 
trigger by being pushed into a certain position ; also, a 
second trigger which, when pressed, converts another 
into a hair-trigger, and so serves to set the latter. Each 
of these devices is or has been a common attachment 
of sporting-rifles. Trigger area, or trigger point, in 
med., a sensitive region of the body, irritation of which 
may give rise to certain phenomena, either physiological 
or pathological, in some other part. 
triggered (trig'erd), a. [< trigger + -ed' 2 .~\ 
Having a trigger: generally used in compo- 
sition: as, a double-triggered gun. 
trigger-finger (trig'er-fing // ger), H. An affec- 
tion of the finger in which a movement of flex- 
ion or extension is arrested for a moment in 
one of the joints and then resumed with a jerk, 
sometimes accompanied with an audible snap. 
trigger-fish (trig'er-fish), n. A fish of the ge- 
nus Balistes Pig-faced trigger-fish, the flic-ash, 
BaUstes capriscw. See cut under Salutes. 
trigger-guard (trig'er-gard), n. Same as guard, 
5 (6). 
trigger-hair (trig'er-har), n. A minute tac- 
tile filament or palpicil set at the mouth of the 
cnida or thread-cell in some coslenterates, serv- 
ing to touch off the cell and so fire out the 
cnidocil or stinging-hair; a kind of hair-trigger 
attached to a nematocyst. 
trigger-line (trig'er-lln), n. In ordnance, the 
cord by which a gun-lock is operated. 
trigger-plant (trig'er-plant), n. A plant of 
the genus Candollea (Stylidium). 
tligintal (tri-jin'tal), n. [< ML. trigintale, < L. 
triginta, thirty: see thirty. Cf.trental.] Same 
as trental. [Bare.] 
Trentals or trigintals were a number of masses to the 
tale of thirty, instituted by Saint Gregory. 
Ayli/e, Parergon. 
Trigla (trig'la), n. [NL. (Linnaeus, 1758), < Gr. 
hole, and make a' thing trig again. Scott, Antiquary, xxiv. trigastric (tn-gas'trik), a. [< Gr. rpeif (rpi-), 
I never heard a more devilish pother. I wish I was in three, + yaarr/p (yaarp-), belly.] In anat., hav- 
mid-ocean all trig and tight. Then I would enjoy such a ing three fleshy bellies, as a muscle. 
A. E. Barr, Friend Olivia, xvii. trigeminal (tri-jem'i-nal), a. and n. [< L. tri- 
Gurnard (Trigla gurnardus). 
passion of wind. 
geminus, three at a birth (see trigeminous), + 
-al.] I. a. 1. In. anat. and zool., triple, triune, 
or threefold : specifically noting the trifacial or 
fifth cranial nerve (which see, under trifacial). 
Also trigeminous. 2. Of or pertaining to the 
trigeminal nerve: as, a trigeminal foramen. 
A preliminary stage of trigeminal neuralgia. 
Buck's Handbook of Med. Sciences, III. 16. 
II. n. The trigeminal nerve ; the trigeminus. 
4. Neat; tidy; trim; spruce; smart. 
Auld Reekie aye he keepit tight, 
An' trig an' braw ; 
But now they'll busk her like a fright 
Willie 's awa' ! Burns, To W. Creech. 
The stylish gait and air of the trig little body. 
The Century, XXVIII. 541. 
5. Active; clever. Halliwell. 
II. n. A dandy ; a coxcomb. 
You are ... a trig, 
And an Amadis de Gaul, or a Don Quixote. wv w t/i*i/n*t. 
B. Jonson, Alchemist, iv. 4. trigemini, n. Plural of trigeminus. 
_ [Obsolete, provincial, or colloq. in all uses.] trigeminous (tri-jem'i-nus), a. [< L. trigemi- 
trig 1 (trig), v. t.; pret. and pp. trigged, ppr. trig- nus, three at a birth, triple, < tres (tri-), three, + 
ging. [< trig 1 , a.] To dress; trick: with up. geminus, a twin: see geminous.] 1. Being one 
Halliwell. [Prov. Eng.] of three born together; born three at a time. 
trig 2 (trig), v. t.; pret. and pp. trigged, ppr. trig- 2. In anat. and zool., same as trigeminal. 
ging. [< Dan. trykke = Sw. trycka = OHG. trigeminus (tri-jem'i-nus), n. ; pi. trigemini 
drucchen, MHG. drucken, drucken, G. drucken, (-ni). [NL., < L. trigeminus, three at a birth : 
see trigeminous.] In zool. and anat., the trifa- 
cial nerve. See trifacial. 
trigent, . Same as trigon?. Kersey, 1708; 
Bailey, 1731. 
UCBIJ, uiuuu, aim natural spiriis. trigesimo-S6CUndo (tri-jes // i-m6-se-kun'do), a. 
Dr. H. More, Mystery of Godliness, p. 105. (Latham.) [L. : see thirtytwo-mo.] Same as thirtytwo-mo. 
trig 2 (trig), a. [See trig^, v.] Full. Brockett. trigger (trig'er), n. [Formerly tricker; < MD. 
[Prov. Eng.] 
trig 3 (trig), v. t.; pret. and pp. trigged, ppr. 
trigging. [Perhaps a particular use of trifft. 
cram. Some compare W. trigo, stay, tarry, ftp. 
trigar, stop, ML. trigare, tricare, delay.] 1. To 
drucken = AS. thryccan, press.] To fill; stuff- 
cram. Grose; Brockett. [Obsolete or prov. 
Eng.] 
By how much the more a man's skin is full trig'd with 
flesh, blood, and natural spirits. 
stop; obstruct; specifically, to skid; stop (a 
wheel) by putting a stone, log, or other obstacle 
in the way. 
trecker, I), trekker (= Dan. treekker, a trigger), lit. 
a drawer, puller, < MD. trecken, D. trckken, pull : 
see trick'^. The G. isdriicker, atrigger,< drucken, 
press: see trig?.] 1. Any device by means of 
which a catch or spring is released and a trap 
sprung or other mechanism set in action ; spe- 
cifically, in firearms, a small projecting tongue 
of steel which, when pressed, liberates the ham- 
rpiyia, rpiyhri, a mullet.] The typical genus of 
Triglidse; the gurnards. See gurnard. 
triglandular (tri-glan'du-lar), a. [< L. tres 
(tri-), three, + *glandula, dim. ofglans (gland-), 
acorn (see glandule), + -ar 2 .] In hot., having 
three nuts or nutlets in one involucre. 
triglans (tri'glanz), a. [< L. tres (tri-), three, 
+ glans, acorn, nut: see gland.] In bot., con- 
taining three nuts within an involucre, as the 
Spanish chestnut. Lindley. 
Triglidse (trig'li-de), n. pi. [NL., < Trigla + 
4dx.] A family of acanthopterygian fishes, 
whose typical genus is Trigla : used with wide- 
ly varying limits. It has included all the mail-cheeked 
fishes, being gradually restricted, and is now by some au- 
thors limited to the gurnards and closely related forms, 
having a parallelepiped head, entirely mailed cheeks, and 
three free pectoral rays. See Trigloidea, and cut under 
Trigla. 
Triglochin (tri-glo'kin), . [NL. (Linnseus, 
1737), so called in allusion to the three angles 
of the capsule; < Gr. rpeif (rpi-), three, + 
yt.uxiv, yfa>x''i any projecting point.] A genus 
of monocotyledonous plants, formerly known 
as Juncago (Tournefort, 1700). it is the type of 
a group of 3 or 4 small genera of bog-plants, the Juncagi- 
neae, by many long made a suborder of the order Alis- 
macese, but now classed as a tribe of the order Naiadaceie. 
The genus is characterized by bisexual bractless flowers 
with three to six carpels, each with one ovule. It includes 
10 or 12 species, natives of salt-marshes and fresh-water 
bogs of the colder parts of both hemispheres. They are 
erect scape-bearing plants, usually from a tuberous root/ 
stock, their roots sometimes also tuber-bearing. They 
produce elongated flat or somewhat cylindrical leaves, 
sometimes floating, and rather small greenish flowers in 
an erect spike or raceme. They are known as arrow-grass; 
two species occur in the northeastern United States. 
