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tain, and contains a Hindoo temple of great reputed sanctity. 
Lat 12. 16. N. long. 79. 10. E. 
TRINO'MIAL, or Trjno'minal, adj. {/res and nomen, 
Lut.] In mathematics, consisting of three parts or monomes. 
TRI'Q, s. [ terzetto , Ital.] A piece of music in three 
parts ; three principal parts. Mus. Diet. 
TRIO'BOLAR, or Trio'bolary, adj. [ triobolaris, 
Lat.] Vile; mean ; worthless.'—Turn your libel into verse, 
and then it may pass current amongst the balladmongers for 
a triobu/ar ballad. Cheyne. 
TRIONTO, a small river of Italy, in the south of the 
kingdom of Naples, in Calabria Citra. It falls into the gulf 
of Tarento ; 10 miles east of Rossano. 
TRIONTO, a cape of Italy, on the coast of Naples, in 
the gulf of Tarento. Lat. 39. 48. N. long. 16. 57. E. 
TRIOPTERIS [from t pet; and nrhyov, triplex ala, 
three-winged. The fruit having three membranes], in Bo¬ 
tany, a genus of the class decandria, order trigynia, natural 
order of trihilatse, malpighise (Juss.) —Generic Character. 
Calyx: perianth five-parted, very small, permanent. Co¬ 
rolla: petals (wings of the seeds) six, ovate, from erect 
spreading, equal, permanent. Three others smaller, but equal 
among themselves, stand round the former. Stamina : .fila¬ 
ments ten, capillary (united at the base), placed on the out¬ 
side of the petals (so called); the outer ones shorter. 
Anthers simple. Pistil: germ trifid. Styles three, erect. 
Stigmas obtuse. Pericarp: capsules erect, keeled at the 
back, each having a single wing at the base, and a double 
expanded one at the top, not opening. Seeds solitary, 
roundish.— Essential Character. Calyx five-parted, with 
two honey pores at the base on the outside. Petals roundish, 
clawed. Filaments cohering at the base. Capsules three, 
one-seeded, three or four-winged. 
1. Triopteris Jamaicensis.—Leaves oblong, acuminate, 
veined, shining;-racemes compound, terminating, loose; 
fruits three-winged. This is a climbing shrub.—Native of 
Jamaica and Hispaniola. 
2. Triopteris Indica.—Leaves roundish-ovate, subcordate, 
acuminate, shining, smooth; racemes compound, termi¬ 
nating ; fruits three-winged. This is a large twining shrub. 
—Native of the East Indies, in mountain forests. 
3. Triopteris ovata.—Leaves ovate, bluntish, subcordate, 
smooth, petioles biglandular; racemes compound, termi¬ 
nating; fruits three-winged. Stem shrubby.—Native of the 
island of Dominique. 
4. Triopteris rigida.—Leaves roundish, acute, margined, 
marked with lines, coriaceous ; racemes compound, axillary ; 
fruits three-winged. Stem shrubby, twining.—Native of 
Hispaniola. 
5. Triopteris acutifolia.—Leaves ovate-lanceolate, acute, 
smooth; panicle terminating; fruits four-winged; wings 
equal. Branches round, woody, smooth, as is the whole 
plant.—Native of Cayenne. 
6 . Triopteris acuminata.—Leaves oblong, acuminate, 
smooth ; umbels panicled, terminating; fruits four-winged ; 
wings in pairs, the lower ones shorter.'—Native of Cayenne. 
7. Triopteris buxifolia.—Leaves oblong, bluntish, smooth; 
umbel terminating; fruits four-winged; wings almost equal. 
—Native of the Antilles. 
8 . Triopteris citrifolia. — Leaves ovate-oblong, acute, 
smooth ; umbels axillary, peduncled ; fruits four-winged ; 
wings in pairs; the lower ones shorter.—Native of South 
America, Jamaica, and Dominique. 
TRIOSTEUM [so named from the fruit containing three 
seeds of a bony substance], in Botany, a genus of the class 
pentandria, order monogynia, natural order of aggregate, 
caprifolia (Juss.) —Generic Character. Calyx: perianth 
five-parted, superior, spreading, length of the corolla; leaf¬ 
lets lanceolate, permanent. Corolla one-petalled, tubular; 
border shorter than the tube, five-parted, erect; lobes 
rounded, the lower ones smaller. Stamina: filaments five, 
filiform, length of the corolla. Anthers oblong. Pistil: 
germ roundish, inferior. Style cylindrical, length of the 
stamens. Stigma thickish. Pericarp: berry obovate, aub- 
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trigonal, three-celled. Seeds solitary, bony, obtusely three- 
cornered, obtuse, grooved.— Essential Character. Calyx 
length of the corolla. Corolla one-petalled, almost"equal. 
Berry three-celled, inferior. Seeds solitary. 
1. Triosteum perfoliatum.—Leaves connate; flowers sessile, 
in whorls. This has a perennial root composed of thick 
fleshy fibres, which are contorted and rough.—Native of 
North America. 
2. Triosteum angustifolium.—Leaves connate; peduncles 
opposite, one-flowered. The roots of both these plants are 
used indiscriminately in North America, as an emetic, for 
Ipecacuhana. 
3. Triosteum triflorum.—Peduncles opposite, three-flower¬ 
ed; leaves petioled.—Native of Madagascar. 
Propagation and Culture. —The two first sorts are hardy 
enough to thrive in the open air, but should be planted on a 
moist light soil; on dry ground they must be watered con¬ 
stantly in dry weather. 
Sow the seeds in a border of light earth, where the morn¬ 
ing sun only comes; if they be sown in the spring, they will 
remain in the ground a whole year, during which time the 
border must be constantly kept clean; the following spring 
when the plants appear, water them duly in dry weather; 
but if they be sown in autumn, they will come up the 
following spring. 
To TRIP, v. a. [treper,Yw, trippen, Dutch.] To sup¬ 
plant ; to throw by striking the feet from the ground by a 
sudden motion. 
He conjunct 
Tripp'd me behind. Shahspeare. 
To strike from under the body.—I tript up thy heels and 
beat thee. Shahspeare .—To catch ; to detect. 
These women 
Can trip me, if I err ; who, with wet cheeks, 
Were present when she finish'd. Shahspeare. 
To TRIP, v. n. To fall by losing the hold of the feet; 
to fail; to err; to be deficient.—Virgil is so exact in every 
word, that none can be changed but for a worse : he pre¬ 
tends sometimes to trip, but it is to make you think him in 
danger wlien most secure. Dry den. —To stumble ; to titu¬ 
bate.—I may have the idea of a man’s drinking till his 
tongue trips, yet not know that it is called drunkenness. 
Locke.— To run lightly. 
In silence sad, 
Trip we after the night’s shade. Shakspeare. 
To take a short voyage. 
TRIP, s. A stroke or catch by which the wrestler sup¬ 
plants his antagonist. 
O thou dissembling cub ! what wilt thou be, 
When time hath sow’d a grizzle on thy case ? 
Or will not else thy craft so quickly grow. 
That thine own trip shall be thine overthrow ? Shakspeare. 
A failure; a mistake. 
He saw his way, but in so swift a pace. 
To choose the ground might be to lose the race: 
They then, who of each trip th’ advantage take, 
Find but those faults which they want wit to make. Dry den. 
A short voyage or journey.—I took a trip to London on 
the death of the queen. Pope . 
TRIP, s. [thyrpa , Icel. caterva.] A flock or herd of 
goats. Bullokar, and Cockeram. —A trip ofsheep, i. e. few 
sheep: Norfolk. Ray. —A small flock of sheep has the 
same name in some parts of the north. 
TRIP, a hamlet of England, in the parish of Bridgewater, 
Somersetshire. 
TRIPALL, or Trippaix, a river of England, in North¬ 
umberland, which runs into the South Tyne, at Bellister 
Castle; 7 miles west of Ilexham. 
TRIPARTITE, adj. [ tripartite, French; tripartitus, 
Latin.] Divided into three parts; having three correspond¬ 
ent copies ; relating to three parties.—Our indentures tripar¬ 
tite are drawn. Shakspeare. 
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