triumvirate 
049:1 
4. A party of three men; three men or three II. . In runrh., 11 trivulve shell, 
personifications in eonipiiny or forming one trlvalved (tri'valvd), n. [< triruln- + -/'-'. | 
group; also, a trio or triad of uny kind. Threi --valveil : trivalvular. 
still pon>odllctO(rutiioinorUnnwbmtMB'dfOe4 trivalvular (tri-val'vu Hir), n. [< L. In:* (tri-). 
to that vMi-nt nil liiwli-.Hs Triuinrirutr. willihi liliu, unili-i three, + nilrnlii, ilim. of mini, door: see nil- 
thi-fiiNIH'd 11:11111 'inif hi* Kens-Hi, Honour, and roiisrli-ni'i'. ,-,,/, I Three-viilveil ; hiivin" three valve- 
11 trivanttnriv',,i,t).,..,ii,d. L otwoleto vrt 
Theology, Philosophy, and Science constitute our mplr- .,, * <,./ " i|<., P1 , i 
itual triiimrirutr. 11. II. Leu**. Mist. 1'hllos., I. ]>. xTll. ' '"'" 
Thou art . - '-" "- 
>.,.',b . . . a trifler, a trieont, thou art an Idle f ellow. 
triumviri,". Latin plural Ol triumvir. Burton, Aral of Mel.. To the Reader, p. 10. 
triumviryt (tri-mn'vi-n) .,, \ r'or,,,, -jo * trivantlyt (triv'aut-li), ad,: [< fM.vi;,, + -/y-. | 
""""" < """'" + -.'/' I -\ "' lte ; ! tt triviint or truant manner. [Kure.] 
Him that l>y reason of a voluble tongue, a strong 
:i pleasing tone, and tome trirantly Polyanthemn help*, 
stealca and gleanes a few notes from other mem Harvest*. 
and so makes a fairer shew than lie that Is truly learned 
'I'll. Mi iniiki'st tin- Iriiniiiini, I llf I'lirniT-i'iip of Mii-ii-ly 
,V/,,,*., I,. I.. I.., I 
, IV. 3. 53. 
Take for thine ayile alHirtiiiti Mlierle, 
Woe. mini' :iiii'inl:iiii, iiml ni^|i;i>n . my freend, 
All three my nri-:iti -"I un-nt Triumuerie. 
/:. .Wiu-Wmi,., Sir K. liilnuile, p. 55. (Dauiet.) 
triune (tri'un), a. [< L. trrs (tri-), three, + 
iiuii.1, one: see Hi i'n ami mil-.] Three In one. 
We rend in Sri iptiin- uf a triune Deity. Bp. Burnet. 
llyl 
Indeed. Burton, Anat. of Mel., p. 188. 
trivet, ''' [Abbr. from cantrirel.] Tocontrive. 
The thrifty that teacheth the thriving to thrive. 
Teach timely to traverse the thing that thou trite. 
Tvtuer, lliislmndry, Hrlef Conclusion. 
Triune vase, smne mttrijir rate (which see, under vote), triverbial (tri-ver'bi-al), a. [< L. trrs (tri-), 
triungulin (tri-nng'gn-lin), M. [< L. tres (tri-), three, + verbum, word: see rerb.] Of three 
three, + iniiiiilii. a hoof, claw.] The first lar- words: applied to certain days in the Roman 
calendar wnich were juridical, or days appoint- 
ed to the pretor for deciding causes : so named 
from the tnree characteristic words of his office, 
ild. dico, addico. They were also called dies fasti. 
In the Roman calendar there were In the whole year but 
twenty-eight judicial or Irirerliial days allowed to the pne- 
tor for deciding causes. Btaetitone, Com., II!. nvl. 
trivertebral(tri-ver'te-bral), a. [< L. tres(tri-), 
three, + rerfe'&rn, vertebra: ' see vertebral.] Com- 
posed of three vertebrae. 
The last cervical [of Olyptodon] and the anterior dorsal 
vertebra are ankylosed together Into a single tn-vertebral 
bone, which moves by a hinge joint upon the third dorsal. 
lluxlry. Anal. Vert, p. 2B1. 
trivet 1 (triv'et), M. [Also trevet; early mod. E. 
also trytet, trivette, trevett; < ME. treved, trevid, 
< OF. trepied, trepie, tripied = OSp. tri-n-il, . 
trendes = Olt. trepie, trepiedi, tres]>ido, trexpitn, 
< ML. tripes (triped-), a three-footed stool, a 
tripod, < L. tripes (triped-), having three feet, < 
tres (tri-), three, + pes (ped-) = E. foot. Ct. 
tripod, ult. a doublet of trivet. For the form, 
cf. the equiv. D. drievoet = MLG. drivot, drevot, 
a trivet, = E. three-foot.] 1. A three-footed 
stool or stand; a tripod; especially, an iron 
tripod on which to place cooking-vessels or 
anything which is to be kept hot by the fire. 
val stage of the hypermetamorphic blister-bee- He >hul(le fynde , one place a Mynn> &n. In an other a 
ties, or Meloidee. See also cut under Meloe. chauldron, here a tryuet, and there m spytte, and these in 
triunity (tri-u'm-ti), H. [< triune + -4ty. Cf. 
unity.] The state or quality of being triune; 
trinity. 
The triunity of the Godhead. 
Dr. H. Mare, Mystery of Godliness, p. 203. (Latham.) 
Triurideae (tri-u-rid'e-e), n. pi. [NL. (Bentham 
and Hooker, 1883), < Trtoria (-urid-) + -ex.] An 
order of monocotyledonous plants, of the series 
Apocarpea. It is characterized by unisexual racemose 
flowers with a regular perianth of three to eight valvate 
segments In a single row. It Includes 2 genera, rriurt(the 
type) and Heiaiiliila, the latter comprising about 14 spe- 
cies of white or reddish plants of South America, India, 
the Malay archipelago, and Papua. The order Is nearest 
akin to the Alianaceir. but k terrestrial and saprophyt- 
ic, growing upon decayed wood and leaves. Its species 
are diminutive, slender, but rather rigid leafless plants. Wives- 
wholly white, yellow, pink, or red, with a few scales at gin obscure.] 
01 
the 
Triungulin. 
a. egg-Pd of a grasshopper, Calofttnus differentialis; *. eggs of 
same ; f, triungulln of l-.ficnuta vittata; d, second larval stage of 
wtinc (line shows natural size); t, side view of (t ; /, triungulin within 
e RB-Pd of the grasshopper. 
111:111, i In euery pore mannes house. 
1','ti r Martyr (tr. in Eden's First Books on America, ed. 
I Arber. p. !4.',). 
She got up to set the not of coffee back on the trivet. 
E. Eygletton, The Graysons, xxxll. 
2. In her., a bearing representing the three- 
legged iron support used in cooking. It Is usu- 
ally represented In plan, or as looked at from above, the 
feet or uprights seen in perspective. Right as a triv- 
et, standing steadily (In allusion to the fact that a tripod 
stands firm on irregular surfaces) ; hence, proverbially, 
entirely or perfectly right. [Colloq.l 
I'll warrant you'll find yourself right at a trioet! 
Barhain, Ingoldshy Legends, II. 71. 
"As to the letter, Bokesmith," said Mr. Boffin, "you're 
as ri'jht at a trivet." Dickera, Our Mutual Friend, II. 14. 
n. [Formerly also trevat; ori- 
A knife for cutting the loops of 
the base, and producing a few long tlexuous unbranched t, erry fabrics, Such as velvets or Wilton carpets, 
roots. The small stellate flowers are numero j n which the l oope d warp is formed over wires 
in the shed. Each wire has a groove at the top to serve 
as a guide for the trivet, which can be run rapidly along 
the wires, cutting all the loops and thus making a pile 
fabric or cut pile fabric. E. II. Knight. 
For velvets, Ac., the wires arc provided with a groove 
in, ,sr. or fewer and somewhat corymbose ; they hang on 
decurved pedicels, and are often papillose or minutely 
fringed. 
Triuris (tri-u'ris). . [NL. (Miers, 1841), so 
called with ref . to the anpendaged calyx-lobes ; 
< tir. rpfif, three, + ovpa, a tail.] A genus of 
plants, type of the order Triurideae. it is charac- 
terized by anthers immersed In a large conical receptacle, 
hyalitM and T. Ivtea, are natives of Brazil. They are yel- 
low, white, or colorless and transparent plants, with two 
to four slender-pedicelled flowers on a filiform stem, each 
of the three or six triangular-ovate perianth-segments ex- 
tended into a filiform tail. 
on their upper face, and along this groove a cutting knife 
called u triret is run to cut the loops. 
Kneyc. Brtt., XXTV. 47. 
trivet-table (triv'et-ta'bl), n. A table sup- 
ported by three feet. 
The tritet-taOe of a foot was lame. 
Dryden, tr. of Ovid's MeUunorph., vllt 84. 
li-n(t) + -<< . ] The quality of being tnvalent; 
triatomic valence. 
The conclusions drawn therefrom as to the triualence of 
aluminium cannot be maintained. 
Atheruevm, No. 3183, p. 558. 
trivalent (tri'va- or triv'a-lent), a. [< L. trrs 
(tri-), three, + tt<tlrn(t-)x, ppr. of nilere, be 
strong: see r'd/Yrf.l In cltem., equivalent in com- 
binin| or rltapladtng power to three monad at- trivia-', n. Plural of rnrii.m. 
oms; triad!,' applied to an element or a radi- Triviacea (tnv-i- se-&), n. 
cal. Also MatoMfe. L C NL -< r r 1 "" 1 + - a< *"-] 
trivalve (tri'valv), a. and H. [< L. tres (tri-), . S . a J? e . a , 8 , T r ',?"ff r , ... , 
three, + wfea.door: see valve.] I. a. Having tnvial (tnv'i-al), o. and H [< 
three valves, as a shell; trivalvular.-TrlTalve P - <""' = h - tn " ale < < L " tnt '> '!*' of ,, 
speculum, a vaginal speculum having three blades. cross-roads, hence common, commonplace, J 
in allusion to its trivial size and value ; < L. fri'- 
rins, of three roads: see trivium.] The typical 
genus of the family Tririidte, containing a num- 
ber of small species of van- a ft 
ous parts of the world, 
among those known as sea- 
IMHIIH. See sea-bean, 2. See 
, cut under 
trlvium 
of the trivimn.iir three lil>er:il iirtw, < Inrium,* 
meetint; of tliree roads, in ML. the lirst three 
liberal artn: see ti innm. < 'I'. Im ml, i/miili-innl. ] 
1. n. 1. Sui'h a.- iniiy lie fmiml everywhere; 
i'oinniiiii]i].'ii'i- : onlinnry: vulfj'ir. 
In tin- Infancy "f lemming . . . tin** conceits which 
are now tririal were tht-n new. 
Bae'in, Advancement of Learning, II. 
Hi, liinnl rniiml. tin- niniiiiini task, 
Would liirnlsh all > i.nulit to ask. 
KrVr, Christian Year. Morning. 
2. Trillin);; insigniliesint ; of little worth or im- 
portanee; imltry. 
Trivial objections to the plan were made at the time by 
cavillers. Barham, Ingoldshy I.rgendi, I. 141. 
3. Occupying one's self with trifle*; trilling. 
As m scholar meantime be was tririal and Incapable of 
lalnmr. De Qvincey. 
4. ( >f or pertaining to the trivium, or the first 
three liberal arts grammar, rhetorie, and 
logic; hence, initiatory; nnliineiitary. 
Whose deep-seen klll 
Hath three times construed either Hacciis o'er, 
And thrice rehears'd them In his tririal floor. 
Bp. Hall, .Satires, IV. I. 17S. 
8. In :<il. and liot.: (n) Common; popular; 
vernacular; not technical : noting the popular 
or familiar names of animals or plants, as distin- 
guished from the technical New Latin name*. 
(6) Specific; not generic: noting what nw<l tn 
be called the nomen triviale that is, the sec- 
ond or specific term in the binomial technical 
name of an animal or a plant, such terms being 
often adopted or adapted from a popular name 
or epithet. Thus, in the several designations //onto 
apifta, Fetil lea. Hut mutculiu. Rota eanina, the words 
Mpteiw, Iso, mutmlut. and eanina are respectively the 
trivial names of the species they designate. See ipeeijte, 
3 (6V. 
6. In echinoderms, specifically, of or pertaining 
to the trivium : as, the tririal (anterior) ambu- 
lacra of a sea-urchin. 
II. M. 1. One of the three liberal arts which 
constitute the trivium. 2. A coefficient or 
t her quantity not containing the quantities of 
he set considered. 
trivialism (triv'i-al-izm), w. [< tririiil + -ism.] 
A trivial matter; "a trivial remark. CarlyU. 
triviality (triv-i-al'i-ti), w. [< OF. tririaMe, 
F. trivialiU = Sp. tririalidad = Pg. tririalidmlr 
= It.tririalitA ; as tririal + -ity.] 1. Trivial or 
paltry character or quality. 
The triviality of its meaningless details. J. Caird. 
2. PI. trivialities (-tlz). A trivial thing ; a trifle ; 
a matter of little value or importance. / 'otgrave. 
It Is In theae acts called tririalitiei that the seeds of 
joy are forever wasted, until men and women look round 
with haggard faces at the devastation their own waste has 
niu.l,-. iln,r : if KIM. Mlddleinarch, xlll. 
trivialize (triv'i-al-iz), r. t.; pret. and pp. triv- 
iitli:ed, ppr. trivializing . [< trivial + -i>c.] To 
render trivial or paltry. 
Swuthrit. . . . We are now at the SonneU [of Milton). 
I know your dislike of this composition. 
Landar. In English, not In Italian ; but Milton has en- 
nobled It In our tongue, and has trirializtd it in that. 
Landar, Iraag. Conv., Southey and Landor, II. 
trivially (triv'i-al-i), adr. In a trivial manner. 
Neither Is money the sinews of war (as It Is tririally said). 
Bacon, True Greatness of Kingdoms, etc. (ed. 1887). 
trivialness (triv'i-al-nes), n. The state or qual- 
ity of being trivial; triviality. 
We always seem to be living Just on the brink of a pure 
ami lofty Intercourse, which would make the Ills and trir 
ialnea of life ridiculous. THonau, Letters, p. IS. 
TriviidiB (tri-vi'i-dS), . pi. [NL., < Trivia + 
-idir.] A family of involute ttenioglossate gas- 
tropods, typified by the genus Trivia. They are 
of small sice, and closely related to the cowries, but differ 
In the multlcuspld median teeth and iimrulforiii marginal 
teeth of the radula, and the shell Is generally transversely 
ribbed. They chiefly In- 
habit tropical seas, but one 
(Triria evropma) occurs In 
British waters. See also 
cut under Trivia. 
TriviinsB (triv-i-i'ne), 
H. pi. [NL., < Triria + -inte.] A subfamily 
of Triviid* (or of C'yprfidte), including the ge- 
nus Trivia, md characterized by the completely 
involute shell with concealed spire. 
trivium (triv'i-um), n.; pi. trivia (-ft). [NL., 
< L. trivium, a meeting of three roads, ML. the 
first three liberal arts (see def.), neut. of tririun, 
of three roads, < tres (tri-), three, + ri, way, 
road.] 1. In the schools of the middle ages, 
the first three liberal arts (grammar, rhetoric, 
and logic) the other four (namely, arith- 
metic, music, geometry, and astronomy) be- 
ing termed qttadririnin. 2. In echinoderms, 
as any sea-urchin, the three anterior ambula- 
Trfvia ettrofma, seen from above. 
