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the accepted teaching? of Scripture (1), with reference to trink 2 t (tringk), n. [Origin obscure; Sp. 
the rather, the Son, anil the Holy Spirit, that eaeh |. 
sesses the divine attributes, and is worthy t. i.-i iv 
divine worship, and 1 2), as opposed to every form of 
polytheiHin, that there is hut one (iod. To haini"in/e 
these two proposition* has been one of the problem* of 
ili.'ilnK.v. and the church doctrine of the Trinity bus ban 
the result. The most ancient symbol in which there oc- 
curs a distinct statement of this doctrine is the Athana- 
sian, in which it is thus stated: "We wondup one ' ; '"l 
in Trinity, mi. I Trinity in unity; neither confounding tin- 
Persons, nor dividing the substance." The term / 
1 literature to differ. 
<, a rope, cord, trincas, lashings, = It. 
a cable. Cf. trinket*.] A kind of fishing-net. 
Miii.i/ii n. 1017. 
IIT.M It is ordained. That the standing of .Nets and En- 
gines called TViiifci, andall other Nets, which be and were 
wont to be fastened and hanged continually (lay and Night, 
by a certain Time In the Year, to great Posts! Boats, and 
Anchors, overthwart the River of Thamen, and other Riv- 
ers of the Realm, ... be wholly defended forever. 
Slat. 2 Hen. VI., xv. 
is applied, however, in t-r.-lr.-hi-Uical literature to differ- 
. n( philosophical explanation* of the liibllcal teaching. trUlkeryt, a. [< trtnk^ + -cry (el. trumpery, a.).} 
*.oine have held to a trinity of manifestation, one Ood re- Ornamental. 
vealliitt himself to mankind in three persons; some to a i ,,, .t. 
liTi.'iity, of' the Son to the Father, anil of the Holy Spirit 
t.. the Father and the Son; others have attempted a mys- trinket 1 (tring'ket), n. 
[Early mod. E. also 
li.-al explanation of the Trinity, as, for example, the Swe- trinkettc, trynket, trynkette, trenket; < ME. tri/H- 
denlwrgiaiiB, who hold that "the Father, Son, and Holy . . lrf ..i. pl trrnkrtt < OF trenauet also assi'bi- 
Spii it are three essentials of one (lod, which make one, * " ',' '" w frenxeil, \ yr . irenquei, also a 
ilcnhorgian.s, nho hold that "the Father, Son, and 
. 1 1 1 1 are three essentials of one Ood, which maki 
just as the soul, body, and operation make one In man"; 
while still others have used language in explanation of 
the Trinity which makes it, as thus explained, approach 
tritheism that is, the doctrine that there are three Uods. 
The received doctrine of the Christian church among 
Trinitarians may be fairly stated to he that we are taught 
liy the Scriptures to believe that there is but one Qod, 
and yet three equal subjects In the one Godhead, who are 
described as persons, but that we are unable to determine 
in what sense these three are separate and in what sense 
they are united in one. 
So at his Baptlzynge was alle the hool Trynytee. 
Mandeville, Travels, p. 104. 
Jhesu that syttyth yn Trynutf, 
Blesse the fadur that gate the. 
Oceanian (ed. Halliwell), 1. 968. 
O holy, blessed, and glorious Trinity, three Persons and 
one God. Book of Common Prayer, Litany. 
4. A symbolical representation of the mystery 
of the Trinity, frequent iu Christian art. One 
of the most general forms in which the Trinity has been 
symbolized consists of a figure of the Father seated on a 
throne, the head surrounded with a triangular nimbus, or 
sni nii'iiiited with a triple crown, Christ with the cross In 
trinomial 
The trinket and the muwn were rait asunder. 
Haklvyf, Voyaga. HI. 111. 
A small Hayle of a Shlppe. called the TrinktUt, 01 
sayle, hi. b 'i- i t properly the toppe-savle of all the 
shippe. Mintntu (161*). 
W. P. writes from Brussels that the French . . . 
made account to have kept a brave CMstOsM here at 
I ..nd..n, and for that purpose had trussed up their trinkrti 
half topmast high. Court and Timet oj Chattel I.. II. HOB. 
trinket 1 < iring'ket), n. [Appar. for trinklrt, < 
trmkle* + -ft; a var. of tritklet.] A streamlet. 
[Prov. Eng. and Iriah.] 
Trinkrt ... Is used about Dublin, and also In the north- 
ern counties, with the sense of "a little stream or water- 
course by the roadside." X. and Q., 7tb ser., VI. 72. 
trinketer (tring'keW-r). . [< trinket* + -er*.] 
One who trinkets, traffics, or intrigues, or car- 
ries on secret petty dealing. 
I have possessed this honourable gentleman with the 
full Injustice which he lias done and shall do to his own 
soul, if he becomes thus a triiJcrtrr with Satan. 
Scott, Kenllworth, Ix. 
lated trencliet, tranchet, a shoemakers' knife (= 
8p. trinchete, a shoemakers'jmritiK-knifo, trun 
elf I- . a shoemakers' heel-knife, a broad curved 
knife for pruning), < 'trenquer, trencher, F. trinketry(lriiiK'kct-ri), n. [<JrtM*P -(e)ry.] 
innii 'ln-r, cut: tteetrencli. The order of develop- Trinkets collectively. 
ment seems to have been 'knife,' ' ornamental The Moor, who had s little taste for trinkrtry. made oat 
knife,' 'any glittering ornament.' There may to get Into his heap the most of the pearls and precious 
have been some confusion with the diff. word *>. <> other baubles. /ran,,, Albambra, p. SI 
trinket*. Cf. trink*, trinkery.] It. A knife, espe- trinkle 1 (tring'kl), v. i. ; pret. and pp. trutkled, 
cially a shoemakers' knife. Cath. Ang., p. 392. ppr. triniiiiiii. [< late ME. triiikleit ; appar. - 
Trenket, sowtarys knyfe. Prompt Pare., p. 502. 
Trenket, an Instrument for a cordwayner batton a 
torner. Paltynux, p. 882. 
What husbandlie husbands, except they be fooles, 
But handsom have storehouse for trinket* and tooles? 
Turner, Husbandry. 
2. A trifling ornament ; a jewel for personal 
wear, especially one of no great value; any 
small fancy article; a cherished thing of slight 
nasalized var. of trickle, prob. due to confusion 
w it li trintle, trindle.] 1. To trickle. Hallitrell. 
[Obsolete or dialectal.] 
Ouer all his body furth jet the swete thik, 
Lyke to the trynkland blak stremcs of pik. 
Conn Douylat, tr. of Virgil, p. 307. 
And ae he kiss'd her pale, pale lips. 
And the tears cam tnnUing doun. 
Lord Loaei (Child's Ballads, II. 188). 
2. To hang or trail down ; flow. [Scotch.] 
worth. 
I have pullyil down the Image of your lady at Caver- 
sham, with all trynkettet abowt the same, as schrowdes. 
candels, images of wexe, crowches, and brochys, and have 
thorowly defacyd that chapell. 
Letten relating to the Sttppretnon of Monatteriet, 153S trinkle 2 (triug kl), V. I.; pret. and pp. tnnkled, 
((Camden 8oc.X cU. nnr. trinkling. [A var. of tinkle.] 1. To tin- 
Her yellow hair, beyond compare, 
Comes IniiHi'iiy down her swan-white neck- 
Bvnu, Oh Mally'i Meek. 
II ere are my Irinkrlt, and this lusty marriage 
I mean to visit ; I have shifts of all sorts. 
Fletcher and Shirley, Night- Walker, I. 
[Bare.] 
Along the dark and silent night, 
With my Lantern and my Light, 
And the trinUing of my Bell, 
Thai I walk, and this I tell. 
The same teachers with Chrlstes doctrine mingled Jew- 
ishnes and superstlcious phllosophie, . . . honouring the 
sunne, the moone, and starres, with such other small 
triokrttr* of this world. J. Vdall, Colosslans, Argument 
I have sold all my trumpery : . . . not a ribbon, glass, 
pomander, brooch, table-book, ballad, knife, tape, glove, 
shoe-tie, bracelet, horn-ring, to keep my pack from fast- 
Ing : they throng who should buy first, as If my trinkett trinkle 3 (tring'kl), V. t. ; pret. and pp. trinkled, 
had been hallowed, and bronght_a benediction U> _tbe pp r . trinkliiig. _ [Appar. a var. (if so, unusual) 
Harriet. 
2. To tingle; throb; vibrate. [Scotch.] 
The main chance l> In the north, for which oar heart* 
are trinlrling. Baiilie't Lettm, 1. 445. (Jamietan.) 
buyer. Shak., W. T., Iv. 4. 613. 
She wears more "jewelry," as certain young ladies call 
their trinket*, than I care to see. 
O. W. Holmet, Professor, I. 
Trinity, late ijth century. Church of St. Urbaln, Troyes, Franc'. 
(FromViollet-le-Duc's "Diet, de I'Arcliitccture.") 
front, and the Holy Spirit, In the form of a dove, resting trinket 1 (tring'ket), V. i. [Formerly sometimes 
on the cross. The mystic union of the three persons has trinquet; < trinket*, n.] To deal in a small, 
also been symbolized by various emblems or devices In . .' , ' . h ,j ' _^ t communication have 
which three elements are combined into one whole, as, ' 
for instance, by the equilateral triangle, or a combination 
of the triangle, the circle, and sometimes the trefoil. 
5. In her., a bearing compounded of an orle, 
a pall, and four roundels, three at the angles 
of the orle where the bands of the pall meet it, 
the fourth at the intersection of the bands of 
the pall. This last roundel bears the word dew; the 
other three, the words pater, filiia, and tpirihu tanetus 
respectively; each part of the pall hears the word eat; each 
part of the orle the words nan ett. Trinity ring, a 
ringer-ring decorated with three very prominent and em- 
phasized lx>sses or other ornaments. Such rings In bronze, 
of three types, havebeen found In Ireland, and are of very 
great antiquity. The name was given by ignorant finders, 
who assumed that they were made for Christian ecclesi- 
astics.- Trinity Sunday, the Sunday next after Pente- 
cost or Whitsunday, observed by the Roman Catholic and 
Anglican churches. It falls upon the octave of Pente- 
cost as the day kept in honor of the third person of the 
Trinity. The corresponding Sunday in the (Jreek Church 
is called AH Saints' Sunday. The Anglican Church names 
the Sundays succeeding this day, until Advent, Jirtt, tec- 
and, third, etc., Sunday after Trinity, while the Roman 
Catholic Church reckons these Sundays from Pentecost 
Trinity term. See term. 
trinityhood (trin'i-ti-hud), . [< trinity + 
of beiiik In a 
of trinket*.]' To treat underhand or secretly 
(with); tamper, as with the opinions of ano- 
ther, ffalliicell. [Obsolete or prov. Eng.] 
Many discontented persons In England . . . were sus- 
pected to have tnnkled, at least with Holland, about rais- 
ing seditions, and perhaps Insurrections in England. 
Sir W. Temple, Works, II. 286. 
-huo<l.~] The state or character of 
private intercourse; intrigue; traffic. trinoctial (tri-nok'shal), a. [< L. trinoctialis, 
Had the Popish Lords stood to the Interest of the Crown, f or three nights, < trinoctium, a space of three 
. . and not trinketed with the enemies of that and them- :,,, ( tre* tlri-\ thrpp 4- nnr ftmrt-) nifht 
SSS ^^,^^,0^, ** "" '" "" ^^I^^^SS^ 
Royer Xorth, Examen, p. ea (Doriw.) trinodat (tri-no'da), n. [ML., fern, of triiiodus, 
Mysell am not clear to trinket and traffic wT courts o' equiv. of L. trinodis, having three knots, hence 
justice, as they are now constituted ; I have a tenderness threefold, < tres (tri-), three, + nodus, knot : see 
and scruple In my s^jg-ttt-^ MW . Lothtalf ,,,. , fawfj.^ An old land-measure, equal to 
trinket 2 ! (tring'ket), n. [Perhaps < W. tranced, trinodal (tri-no'dal), a. [< L. trinodis, having 
a cup with a handle, appar. confused with drink, t nren knots, < tres (tri-), three, + nodus, knot, 
or with OF. trinquer= It. trincare, drink, quaff, 
carouse, < MHO. G. trinken, drink: see drink.] 
A vessel to drink or eat out of. See the quota- 
tions. 
Trinket; a Porringer. Ray, Eng. Words (ed. 1691X p. 125. 
Mrs. Bargrave asked her whether she would drink some 
tea. Says Mrs. Veal, I do not care If I do; but III war- 
rant you, this mad fellow (meaning Mrs. Bargrave's hus- 
band) has broke all your trinkett. But, says Mrs. Bar- 
grave, 111 get something to drink In for all that. 
Defoe, True Relation of the Apparition of One Mrs. 
[Veal ... to One Mrs. Bargrave. 
a trinket s t (tring'ket), n. [Also trinquet, trin- 
trinity. Westminster Kw.,CXXVII.200. [Bare.] kette; <OF. trinquet, the highest sail (Cotgrave), 
triniuhityt (trin-i-u'ni-ti), n. [< L. trini, three F. trinquet, foremast (in lateen-rigged vessels), 
ouch, triple (see trinefy, + unita(t-)s, unity: see *-* "- * * :l -*- "* - 
niiiti/.] Triunity; trinity. [Bare.] 
node.] 1. In hot., zool., and mint., having three 
nodes or joints, as a 8tm or the fingers; Inar- 
ticulate. 2. In math., having three nodes, 
trinoda necessitas. [ML., threefold obliga- 
tion: ML. trinoda, fern, of 'triiiodus, threefold; 
L. necessitas, necessity, obligation ] In Ani/li>- 
Saxon lav, the three services due to the king 
in respect of tenure of lands in England; ob- 
ligations of the military service incumbent on 
the fyrd, or body of freemen, and correspond- 
ing to the feudal services of tenants in later 
times. 
As for terms of trinity, (rimuntfy, . . . and the like, 
they reject them as scholastic notions not to be found in 
Scripture. MOIon. 
trinkH (tringk), n. [Prob. a var. of trick*-, taken 
as the base of trinkery, trinket*. Cf. F,. dial. 
triiK-iims. trinkets.] A trick or fancy. [Bare.] 
Hlz beard smugly shaven ; and yet his shyrt after the 
nu (rint. with ruff* fayr starched, sleeked, and glistering 
like a payr of nu shooz. 
R. Laneham, Letter (1676\ in J. NIc 
[etc., of Queen " 
The trinoda nrcttntat, to which all lands were subject. 
This consisted of the duty of rendering military service 
(cxpedltlo), and of repairing bridges and fortresses (pontls 
arciave constructlo). These were duties Imposed on all 
landowners, distinct from the feudal services of later 
times, thus tending more and more to become duties at- 
taching to the possession of the land owed to and capable 
of being enforced by the king or the great roan of the dis- 
* * * ** " " *"> ** 
trinquette, forestaysail, storm-jib, = Sp. trin- 
quete, foremast, foresail, trinket, also tennis 
(trinquetilla, forestaysail) (Newman), = Pg. 
trinqutte, trinket, = It. trinchetto, a topsail. 
etc.; perhaps orig. a 'three-cornered' sail, < 
L. triquetms, three-cornered, triangular: see 
tri, /nitrous. The nasalization may have been trinodedri'nod), 11. [< L. trinodis, haying three 
due to association with Sp. trincar, keep close knots. < tres (tri-), three, + nodus, knot: see 
to the wind (trincar los cabas, fasten the rope- mul,-.] In geom., a singularity of a plane curve 
ends), < trinca, a rope for lashing fast (see formed by the union of three nodes. 
trink"*).] A topsail; perhaps, originally, a la- trinomial (tri-no'mi-al), a. and n. [After F 
teen sail carried on the foremast. trinome, < L. tres (tn-), three, + nomen, name 
