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Trebly; triply. [Obs.] J. Fletcher.

To place upon a tree; to fit with a tree; to stretch upon a tree; as, to tree a boot. See Tree, n., 3.

To have a particular direction; to run; to stretch; to tend; as, the shore of the sea trends to the southwest.

ssed by a double elastic fiber. The spider holds the thread at the apex of the web and stretches it tight, but lets go and springs the net when an insect comes in contact with it.

And watches with a trip his foe to foil. Dryden. It is the sudden trip in wrestling that fetches a man to the ground. South.

urn a flange (Mech.), to form a flange on, as around a metal sheet or boiler plate, by stretching, bending, and hammering, or rolling the metal. -- To turn against. (a) To direct against; as, to turn one's arguments against himself. (b) To make unfavorable or hostile to; as, to turn one's friends against him. -- To t…

A harsh, quick sound, like that made by a stretched string when pulled and suddenly let go; as, the twang of a bowstring.

To make the sound of a half-suppressed laugh; to titter; to giggle. J. Fletcher.

To stretch, as a skin over the head of a drum; to make into a drum or drumhead, or cause to act or sound like a drum. [Obs.] "Tympanized, as other saints of God were." Oley.

influenced. A poor, cold, unspirited, unmannered, Unhonest, unaffected, undone fool. J. Fletcher.

To deprive of blessings; to make wretched. [Obs.] Shak.

Not blest; excluded from benediction; hence, accursed; wretched. "Unblessed enchanter." Milton.

To disclose, or lay open; to unbosom. [Obs.] P. Fletcher,

To buy at less than the real value or worth; to buy cheaper than. [R.] J. Fletcher.

To deprive of the edge; to blunt. J. Fletcher.

To strip of flowers. [R.] G. Fletcher.

to become disclosed or developed. The wind blows cold While the morning doth unfold. J. Fletcher.

Removed, as a burden; unloaded. P. Fletcher.

To separate, part, or open, as anything fastened with glue. She stretches, gapes, unglues her eyes, And asks if it be time to rise. Swift.

decorous; as, unhandsome conduct, treatment, or imputations. "Unhandsome pleasures." J. Fletcher.