Triopidae 
rowH on abroad rail ula. ami tentacles retractile 
within plaited slu-atlis. Sec .MI! under 'I'lin/m. 
trior (tri'or), ii. | Sec //-XT. | In linr, a person 
appointee'! Ity the court to examine whether a 
ehalleagt In a juror or a panel of jurors is just. 
triorchis (tri-6r'kis). H. [NL., < (lr. T-/MM; (rp(-), 
three, + <'-/M"'. testicle.) One who lias three 
test iclcs. 
triorthogonal (trl-Ar-thog'^-nfl), . [< L. <rc 
(tri-), three, + K. iirtliini/iiiiil.'} \ laving three 
lines, or systems of lines, crossing all at ri^'l'l 
angles to one another. 
Tripsteum (tri-o.s'tc-mn), . [NL. (Linnaws, 
17r>3), < Or. T/jtif (rpi-), three, + inrriov, bone.] 
A genus of gamopetalons plants, of the order 
t'li/ii'il'n/iiici'.T anil trilie l.unicerev. It U char- 
acterized liy n tutiulur hell-shaped corollH gibbous at the 
b:tM-. ami :i three- in live-relied ovary with one ovule In 
each cell. There are ith< nit il species, natives of Asia and 
ilie eastern and central United States. They are herbs 
with a perennial root and little-branched stem with scaly 
hu.U. The leaves are sessile, entire, opposite, and some- 
what connate at the base. The dull-yellow, purple, or 
whitish flowers are solitary, or clustered in the axils, or 
rarely condensed into short terminal spikes. The fruit 
is a coriaceous or fleshy berry, with smooth, bony, angled 
or ribbed seeds. T. perfMatum, a rather coarse erect 
species with purplish flowers and orange-colored berries, 
occurring from Canada to Alabama, is known as /ctvrroo/, 
also as hiirne-ijetltian, Tinker 'g-weed, wild ipecac, and wild 
coffee ; it produces a long, thick, yellowish or brownish root 
with a nauseous taste and odor, locally used as a cathartic 
and emetic. One other species, T. anmut\folium, with yel- 
lowish flowers, occurs in the United States; one, T. hir- 
ml inn, witli irregular corolla, in Nepal and China; and 
two others in China, one of which, 7. nnuatttm, extends 
to Japan. 
triovulate (tri-6'vu-lat), a. [< L. Ires (tri-), 
three, + NL. ovulum, ovule, 4- -a/el.] l n fat., 
having three ovules ; three-ovuled. 
trioxid, trioxide ( t ri-ok'sid, -aid or -sid), n. An 
oxiil containing three oxygen atoms: as. sul- 
phur triofiil, SO 3 . Also tritoxid, tritiu-uli . 
trip 1 (trip). i-.: pret. and pp. tripped, ppr. tri/i- 
/liiii/. [Early mod. E. also tri/ppe; < ME. trip- 
pen = MD. trippeii, step lightly, trip, cause to 
stumble, I), trippra, tri]>, skip, = 8w. trippa = 
Dan. trijipe, tread lightly, trip; cf. freq. 1). trip- 
pelen = LG. tripprlu, > 0. trippehi, trip; prob. 
a secondary form of the verb appearing as the 
source of trap*, trap 2 , trap'*, and nit. of tramp.} 
1. intrant. 1. To run or step lightly; skip, 
dance, or walk nimbly along; move with a 
quick, light tread. 
She has twa weel-made feet, 
And she trip* upon her taes. 
The Laird o.f Waristotin (Child's Ballads, III. 107). 
Cume, and trip it, as you go, 
On the light fantastick toe. 
Miltan, L' Allegro, 1. 84. 
2. To make a brisk movement with the feet; 
prance. 
Thishors anon bigan to trippe and daunce 
Whan that this knyght leyde hand upon his reyne. 
i'li:nn;r. Squire's Tale, 1. 304. 
3. To take a voyage or journey ; make a jaunt 
or excursion. 
But yet, we hope you'll never grow so wise ; 
For, if you should, we and our Comedies 
Must trip to Norwich, or for Ireland go. 
Kthereye, Love ill a Tub, Prol. 
4. To stumble; strike the foot against some- 
thing so as to lose the step and come near fall- 
ing; make a false step; lose the footing. 
My slipp'ry footing fail'd me; and you tripl 
Just as I slipt 
Quartet, Emblems, 11. 14. 
Hence 5. Figuratively, to make a false move- 
ment; err; g^o wrong; be guilty of an inconsis- 
tency or an inaccuracy. 
St Jerome, whose custom is not t<> pardon ever easily 
his adversaries if any where they chance to trip, presseth 
him as thereby making all sorts of men in the world God's 
enemies. Hooker, Eccles. Polity, v. 29. 
The captain, a wise man, after many endeavours to 
catch me tripping in some part of my story, at last began 
to have a better opinion of my veracity. 
*, Gulliver'* Travels, Iv. 11. 
II i 
tangling the feet or suddenly checking their 
free action: often followed by up. 
A stump doth In'// him in his pace; 
Down conies |x>r Hub upon hi face. 
Drayton, Nyinphidiu. 
Yum en. use niii.st he that ... a mop stood across the 
entry, and tript you up. 
.S'i/V, Advice to Servants (Footman). 
3. To cause to stumble by placing an obstruc- 
tinn in the way; hence, to give a wrong turn 
to, or cause to halt or stumble, by presenting 
a mental or moral stumbling-block. 
Be you contented, wearing now the garland, . . . 
To trip the course of law and blunt the sword 
That guards the peace and safety of your person. 
Shot., > lien. IV., v. Z. 87. 
4. To catch in a fault, offense, or error; de- 
tect in a misstep or blunder. 
Yea, what and whosoeuer he be that thlnkes hlmselfe a 
very good Italian, and that to trip others. 
Florio, ft. Diet. Ep. Ded., p. (5). 
Ho must, sir, be 
A better statesman than yourself, that can 
'I'nii me in anything ; I will not speak 
Before these witnesses. 
Fletcher (and another), Noble Gentleman, lii. 4. 
6. \iint. : (a) To loose, as an anchor from the 
bottom by means of its cable or buoy-rope. 
(6) To turn, as a yard, from a horizontal to a 
vertical position. 
The royal yards were all tripped and lowered together. 
/(. //. Dana, Jr., Before the Mast, p. 218. 
6. Tli rat., to double in the center: said of a 
drop so situated that there is not room enough 
to hoist it out of sight. 7. In mtch.: (a) To 
strike against, as a moving part against an 
obstruction, (fe) To release suddenly, as the 
clutch of the windlass of a pile-driver, or the 
valve-closing mechanism in the trip-gear of a 
steam-engine, etc. 
trip 1 (trip), n. [Early mod. E. also tryppe; < 
ME. trippe = Dan. trip, a short step; from the 
verb.] 1. A light, short step; a lively move- 
ment of the feet. 
More flue in trip then foote of running roe, 
More pleasant then the field of flowring grasse. 
Kiujland'i Helicon (1614X (.Vow*. ) 
"Where gang ye, young John," she says, 
"Sue early in the day? 
It gars me think by yonr fast trip 
Your Journey 's far away." 
The Fatue Lover (Child's Ballads, IV. 90). 
2. A journey or voyage ; an excursion ; a jaunt ; 
specifically, in transportation, the performance 
of service one way over a route, the perform- 
ance of service both ways being a round trip. 
An aungell . . . bad me flee 
With b) in and the 
On-to Egipte. 
And sertls I dud me sore 
To make my smal trippe. York Playi, p. 142. 
She, to return our foreigner's complaisance. 
At Cupid's call, has made a trip to France. 
I'lin/nlntr, Love and a Bottle, Epll. 
By thus advancing Its base of operations on the same 
line, or by changing from one line to another, the wagons 
were relieved of two tript. 
Comte dt Port*, Civil War In America (trans.), I. 2i:t. 
3. A sudden seizure or catch, as that by which 
a wrestler throws his antagonist. 
Of good hope no councell thou crane 
Til deeth thee caste with a trippe of dissaite. 
Iliniins to Virgin, etc. (E. E. T. S.), p. 75. 
Or, stript for wrestling, smears his limbs with oil, 
And watches, with a trip his foe to foil. 
Dryden, tr. of Virgil's Georgics, IL 776. 
4. A stumble by the loss of foothold or a strik- 
ing of the foot against an object. 5. In much., 
a hitting of a moving part agajnst some obstruc- 
tion to its free movement. 6. A failure; an 
ereor; a blunder. 
And mad'st Imperfect words with childish tript, 
~ t lipi 
tripang, M. See trepantj. 
tripapfllated (tri-pap'i-la-ted), 
For Jenny, my cousin, had come to the place, and I knew 
right weil 
That Jenny had tript in her time : I knew, but I would not 
tell. Tennyson, The Grandmother. 
6. To rush by : said of deer. 
A hundred head of red deer 
Come tripping the sheriff full nigh. 
Robin llootl ami the Butcher (Child's Ballads, V. 37). 
= Svn. 1. I fop, Leap, etc. See sktpl. 
ft. fiviiix. 1. To perform with a light or trip- 
ping step, as a dance. 
Every maid 
Fit for this revel was arrayed, 
The hornpipe neatly trippinn. 
Drayton, Nymphldia. 
2. To cause to stumble or fall, make a false 
step, or lose the footing by catching or eu- 
Half unpronounced, slide through my infant lips. 
Hilton, Vacation Exercise, 1. 3. 
How, Cousin? I'd have you to know, before this faux 
pas, this '/'/''/' of mine, the World cou'd not talk of me. 
Wycherley, Plain Dealer, T. 1. 
7. In the fisheries, the catch, take, or fare of 
fish caught during a voyage ; the proceeds of a 
trip in fish. 8. \aut., a single board or tack 
in plying to windward. Admiral Smyth. 9. In 
I'i'iiriiiiii/, an unsuccessful effort of the dogs to 
kill. Knciic. llrit., VI. 515. 10. A small arch 
over a drain, llnllitri'll. Jonah trip. See Jonah. 
Round trip. See def. 2. To fetch trip, to go back- 
ward In order to jump the further. llalfiireU. [Prov. 
Eng.] To hail for a trip. See hail*. =Syn. 2. Tour, 
Travel, etc. See^'ouwww. 
trip- (trip), M. [< ME. trip, trippe: supposed 
to be a var. of troop, or from the same ult. 
source.] 1. A number of animals (rarely of 
persons) together; a flock. [Provincial.] 
tripaschal 
That men calleth a tripitt a tame swyn in called of wyldo 
swyn a aoundre; that Is t.i say. jif (her be paasyd v. or 
v). tut-. i/~ Bodl. 40 til 
A trip l halibut which arrived on Klidny [at (ilotlcesUr, 
Massachusetts <-,,nM n-i I 
I-I..IH. TimiK, July 2S, 1883. 
A trip of Widgeon (according to thi nuantity). 
H'. W. <lrr,;,,r. The i\nn, p. US. 
2. Kaee: family. Hnllitnll. |l'rov. Kn.] 
trip :t (trip), n. (ME. In/i/ii. tnipi : origin ob- 
scure. Cf. Iri/it-.] It. A piece (T). 
A Goddes kechyl, or a tritpe of chese. 
Or elles what yow lyst, we may nat cheese. 
Chaucer, Hummonur's Tale, 1. 89. 
2. New soft cheese made of milk, llalluri-ll. 
[Prov. Eng.] 
trip't (trip), n. [A modification of tkrip, q. v.] 
Three pence sterling. 
The same vlngten Is woorth our trip, or English 3d., or 
woorth halfe a Spanish royall. liilli, Vulgar Arithmetic. 
tripaleolate (tri-pa'le-o-lat), a. [< L. tret 
. three, + XL. piilmlii. dim. of palea, 
straw: see palea.} In oof., provided with three 
pales or pales?, as the flower of a bamboo. 
.. a. [< L. tret 
(tri-), three, + papilla, u nipple, teat: see pa- 
pilla.} Having three papilla-, as the head of 
an ascarix. 11. Allen. 
tripart(tri'part), a. Triparted; tripartite. The 
KtHjinetr, LXVIII. 500. 
triparted (tri'pttr-ted), a. [<L. tret(tri-), three, 
+ pan ( part-), part, + -ed*. Cf. tripartite.} Di- 
vided into three parts, i,, heral- 
dry it la used of the field. In which rase 
It la equivalent to tierce, or Is applied 
to a cross (see the phraaei. Alsofripar- 
tile, Cross triparted, a cross of 
which each bar or arm is composed of 
three narrow rihlwms, not Interlaced or 
lying one over the othera, but In the 
same plane. Saltier triparted. See 
taUierl. 
tripartible (tri-par'ti-bl), a. [< L. tret (tri-). 
three, + partibilin, divisible : see partible, ami 
cf. ti-ipiirtite.\ In lint., exhibiting a tendency 
to split into three parts or divisions, 
tripartient (tri-pSr'shient), a. [< L. tret (tri-), 
three, + partien(t-)g, ppr. of partiri, divide: see 
purl. t\] Dividing into three parts: said of a 
number that divides another into three equal 
parts. 
tripartite (trip'iir-tit or tri-par'tit), a. [< late 
ME. trypiirtytc"< OF. (and F.) tripartite = Pr. 
tripartit = Sp. Pg. It. tripartite, < L. tripartihit, 
triprrtitim, divided into three parts, < tre (tri-), 
three, + partittm, pp. of partiri, part, divide: 
see partite.} 1. Divided into three parts ; three- 
parted. 
She blazed ahroade perdy a people small. 
Late landed heere, and founde this pleasaunt He, 
And how that now it was diuided all, 
Made tripartite, and might within a while 
Bee won by force, by treason, fraud, or guile. 
Mir./orllaffi., I. 4S. 
Wisdom Is tripartite : saying, doing, avoiding. 
Landor, Imag. Conv., Diogenes and Plato. 
The tripartite division of government into legislative, 
executive, and judicial. Bancroft, Hist. Const., II. 327. 
2. Having three corresponding parts or copies. 
This Indentur tripartite made the twenty dey of Aprile, 
the yere of our lorde godd a thowsaunde fyve hundreth 
and fonrteyn. Kngliih Oildi (E. E. T. S.), p. 143. 
Our Indentures tripartite are drawn. 
Shot., 1 Hen. IV., 111. 1. 80. 
3. Made or concluded between three parties : 
as, a tripartite treaty. 
The College, myself, and Mr. l.lntot. the bookseller, en- 
ter Into a tripartite agreement upon these terms. 
H'. Brome, Letters of Eminent Men, II. 9ft. 
4. In /"/.. same as triparted. B. In rntum.. 
divided from the apex to the base by two slits, 
forming three nearly equal parts. 6. In bot., 
divided into three ' segments nearly but not 
quite down to the base: as, a 
tripartite leaf. Also tripartnl. 
7. In math., homogeneous in 
three sets of variables. 
tripartitely (trip'ar-tit-li or 
tri-par'tit-li), nrfr. In a tripar- 
tite manner; by a division into 
three parts. 
tripartition (tri-par- or trip-iir- 
tish'on), n. [< tripartite + -ion.} 
1. A'division into three parr-. 
2. A division by three, or the taking of a 
third part of any number or quantity. 
tripaschal (tri-pas'kal). a. [< L. 'trot (tri-}, 
three, + LL. pandka, passover: seepowA.] In- 
cluding three passovers. See the quotation 
under bipa^ehal. 
