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Pertaining to, or characterized by, tautophony; repeating the same sound.

In tens; consisting of ten in one; ten times repeated. The grisly Terror . . . grew tenfold More dreadful and deform. Milton.

A mode of adjusting or operating by repeated trials or experiments. Knight.

scription of praise (containing the word "Holy" -- in its Latin form, "Sanctus" -- thrice repeated), used in the Mass of the Roman Catholic Church and before the prayer of consecration in the communion service of the Church of England and the Protestant Episcopal Church. Cf. Trisagion.

Consisting of three, or thrice repeated; triple; as, threefold justice. A threefold cord is not quickly broken. Eccl. iv. 12.

In a threefold manner or degree; repeatedly; very. Thrice noble lord, let me entreat of you To pardon me. Shak. Thrice is he armed that hath his quarrel just. Shak.

To make a small or repeating noise by beating or otherwise, as a watch does; to beat.

To cause to sound, as a bell, with strokes slowly and uniformly repeated; as, to toll the funeral bell. "The sexton tolled the bell." Hood.

To toot gently, repeatedly, or continuously, on a wind instrument, as a flute; also, to make a similar noise by any means. "The tootling robin." John Clare.

To tread upon forcibly and repeatedly; to trample.

The act or process of transcribing, or copying; as, corruptions creep into books by repeated transcriptions.

A repeating instrument. [Eng.]

The act of testing by experience; proof; test. Repeated trials of the issues and events of actions. Bp. Wilkins.

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 al…

A short poem or stanza of eight lines, in which the first line is repeated as the fourth and again as the seventh line, the second being, repeated as the eighth. Brande & C.

Three times repeated; treble. See Treble.

A cam, wiper, or projecting piece which strikes another piece repeatedly.

To strain; to subject to excessive tests; as, the light tries his eyes; repeated disappointments try one's patience.

ular motion to; to cause to revolve; to cause to move round, either partially, wholly, or repeatedly; to make to change position so as to present other sides in given directions; to make to face otherwise; as, to turn a wheel or a spindle; to turn the body or the head. Turn the adamantine spindle round. Milton. The mon…

A brief flash or gleam, esp. when rapidly repeated.