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‖n. [ F. ] A female intriguer. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Intrigued p. pr. & vb. n. Intriguing. ] [ F. intriguer, OF. intriquer, entriquer; cf. It. intrigare. See Intricate, Extricate. ] 1. To form a plot or scheme; to contrive to accomplish a purpose by secret artifice. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To carry on a secret and illicit love or amour. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To fill with artifice and duplicity; to complicate; to embarrass. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

How doth it [ sin ] perplex and intrique the whole course of your lives! Dr. J. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. intrique. See Intrigue, v. i. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Intricacy; complication. [ Obs. ] Sir M. Hale. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A complicated plot or scheme intended to effect some purpose by secret artifice; conspiracy; stratagem. [ 1913 Webster ]

Busy meddlers with intrigues of state. Pomfret. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The plot of a play or romance; a complicated scheme of designs, actions, and events. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. A secret and illicit love affair between two persons of different sexes; an amour; a liaison. [ 1913 Webster ]

The hero of a comedy is represented victorious in all his intrigues. Swift.

Syn. -- Plot; scheme; conspiracy; machination. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who intrigues. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Arts or practice of intrigue. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. By means of, or in the manner of, intrigue. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Mono- + triglyph: cf. F. monotriglyphe. ] (Arch.) A kind of intercolumniation in an entablature, in which only one triglyph and two metopes are introduced. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. rigged with a structure projecting from or over the side of a boat for various purposes; having an outrigger; -- to prevent capsizing or to support an oarlock or to help secure a mast etc. See outrigger [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. Any spar or projecting timber run out for temporary use, as from a ship's mast, to hold a rope or a sail extended, or from a building, to support hoisting teckle. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Naut.) (a) A projecting support for a rowlock, extended from the side of a boat. (b) A boat thus equipped. (c) A projecting contrivance at the side of a boat to prevent upsetting, as projecting spars with a log at the end; also used attributively, as an outrigger canoe. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

3. (Aeronautics) A projecting frame used to support the elevator or tail planes, etc. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

adj. Downright; plain; unqualified; utter; straight-out; as, an outright lie.
Syn. -- flat-out, out-and-out. [ PJC ]

adv. 1. Immediately; without delay; at once; as, he was killed outright. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Completely; utterly. Cardinal Manning. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Having transverse bands of color. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ L., pl. of strix a streech owl; cf. Gr. &unr_; a screaming night bird. ] (Zool.) The tribe of birds which comprises the owls. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. strigilis, from stringere to graze, scrape. ] (Gr. & Rom. Antiq.) An instrument of metal, ivory, etc., used for scraping the skin at the bath. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Dim. fr. strigose. ] (Bot.) Set with stiff, slender bristles. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Of or pertaining to owls; owl-like. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. strigmentum. ] Scraping; that which is scraped off. [ Obs. ] Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. strigueux. See Strigil. ] (Bot.) Set with stiff, straight bristles; hispid; as, a strigose leaf. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Bot.) Strigose. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ Cf. Dan. trykke to press, Sw. trycka. ] To fill; to stuff; to cram. [ Obs. ] Dr. H. More. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Formerly written trick, akin to trick to dress. ] Full; also, trim; neat. [ Prov. Eng. & Scot. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

To sit on a horse square and trig. Brit. Quart. Rev. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ See Trigger. ] To stop, as a wheel, by placing something under it; to scotch; to skid. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Trigger. ] A stone, block of wood, or anything else, placed under a wheel or barrel to prevent motion; a scotch; a skid. [ Eng. ] Wright. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Trigamy. ] One who has been married three times; also, one who has three husbands or three wives at the same time. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. trigamus a thrice-married man, Gr. &unr_; thrice married; &unr_; (see Tri-) + &unr_; marriage: cf. F. trigame. ] (Bot.) Having three sorts of flowers in the same head, -- male, female, and hermaphrodite, or perfect, flowers. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. trigamia, Gr. &unr_;: cf. F. trigamie. See Trigamous. ] The act of marrying, or the state of being married, three times; also, the offense of having three husbands or three wives at the same time. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. tri- + Gr. &unr_; belly. ] (Anat.) Having three bellies; -- said of a muscle. Dunglison. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See Trigeminous. ] (Anat.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, the fifth pair of cranial nerves, which divide on each side of the head into three main branches distributed to the orbits, jaws, and parts of the mouth; trifacial. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. trigeminus born three together; tri- (see Tri-) + geminus twin. Cf. Tergeminous. ] Born three together; being one of three born at the same birth; also, threefold. E. Phillip&unr_;. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. tri- + gen- + -ic. So named in reference to its composition, it being supposed to contain the radicals of three molecules of cyanic acid. ] (Chem.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, an acid, C4H7N3O2, obtained, by the action of the vapor of cyanic acid on cold aldehyde, as a white crystalline substance having a slightly acid taste and faint smell; -- called also ethidene-biuret or ethylidene-biuret. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ After M. Triger, French engineer. ] (Engin. & Mining) A method of sinking through water-bearing ground, in which the shaft is lined with tubbing and provided with an air lock, work being proceeded with under air pressure. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. [ L. in trigesimo-secundo in the thirty-second. ] Having thirty-two leaves to a sheet; as, a trigesimo-secundo form, book, leaf, size, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A book composed of sheets so folded that each one makes thirty-two leaves; hence, indicating, more or less definitely, a size of book; -- usually written 32mo, or 32°, and called thirty-twomo. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ For older tricker, from D. trekker, fr. trekken to draw, pull. See Trick, n. ] 1. A catch to hold the wheel of a carriage on a declivity. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Mech.) A piece, as a lever, which is connected with a catch or detent as a means of releasing it; especially (Firearms), the part of a lock which is moved by the finger to release the cock and discharge the piece. [ 1913 Webster ]

Trigger fish (Zool.), a large plectognath fish (Balistes Carolinensis or Balistes capriscus) common on the southern coast of the United States, and valued as a food fish in some localities. Its rough skin is used for scouring and polishing in the place of sandpaper. Called also leather jacket, and turbot. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ LL. trigintate, fr. L. triginta thirty. See Trental. ] (R. C. Ch.) A trental. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pref. tri- + glyceride. ] (Chem.) A glyceride formed by the replacement of three hydrogen atoms in glycerin by acid radicals. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. triglyphus, Gr. &unr_;; &unr_; (see Tri-) + &unr_; to carve: cf. F. triglyphe. ] (Arch.) An ornament in the frieze of the Doric order, repeated at equal intervals. Each triglyph consists of a rectangular tablet, slightly projecting, and divided nearly to the top by two parallel and perpendicular gutters, or channels, called glyphs, into three parts, or spaces, called femora. A half channel, or glyph, is also cut upon each of the perpendicular edges of the tablet. See Illust. of Entablature. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. 1. Consisting of, or pertaining to, triglyphs. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Containing three sets of characters or sculptures. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Trig trim, neat. ] The quality or state of being trig; smartness; neatness. [ 1913 Webster ]

Their spars had no man-of-war trigness. Kane. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. trigonum, Gr. &unr_;; &unr_; (see Tri-) + &unr_; a corner, angle: cf. F. trigone. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. A figure having three angles; a triangle. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Astrol.) (a) A division consisting of three signs. (b) Trine, an aspect of two planets distant 120 degrees from each other. Hutton. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Gr. & Rom. Antiq.) (a) A kind of triangular lyre or harp. (b) A kind of game at ball played by three persons standing at the angular points of a triangle. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having three angles, or corners; triangular; as, a trigonal stem, one having tree prominent longitudinal angles. [ 1913 Webster ]

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‖n. [ F., literally, a trigon. ] (Anat.) A smooth triangular area on the inner surface of the bladder, limited by the apertures of the ureters and urethra. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL. See Trigon. So called in allusion to the triangular shape of some species. ] (Zool.) A genus of pearly bivalve shells, numerous extinct species of which are characteristic of the Mesozoic rocks. A few living species exist on the coast of Australia. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Zool.) The cutting region of the crown of an upper molar, usually the anterior part. That of a lower molar is the [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_; triangle + &unr_; horn. ] (Zool.) Having horns with three angles, like those of some species of goats. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See Trigon; Odonto. ] See Trituberculy. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

{ }[ Cf. F. trigonométrique. ] Of or pertaining to trigonometry; performed by the rules of trigonometry. [ 1913 Webster ]

--Trig`o*no*met"ric*al*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

Trigonometrical curve, a curve one of whose coordinates is a trigonometric function of the other. --
Trigonometrical function. See under Function. --
Trigonometrical lines, lines which are employed in solving the different cases of plane and spherical trigonometry, as sines, tangents, secants, and the like. These lines, or the lengths of them, are trigonometrical functions of the arcs and angles to which they belong. --
Trigonometrical survey. See under Survey. [1913 Webster]