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Same as Rock tripe, under Rock.

Having three crowns; wearing the triple crown, as the pope.

Having three heads; three-headed; as, the triple-headed dog Cerberus.

An edible fish (Lobotes Surinamensis) found in the warmer parts of all the oceans, and common on the southern and middle coasts of the United States. When living it is silvery gray, and becomes brown or blackish when dead. Its dorsal and anal fins are long, and extend back on each side of the tail. It has large silvery…

Triternate.

A pit in the form of an inverted cone or pyramid, constructed as an obstacle to the approach of an enemy, and having a pointed stake in the middle. The pits are called also trapholes.

A low bed on wheels, that may be pushed under another bed; a trundle-bed. "His standing bed and truckle-bed." Shak.

Of inflexible honesty and fidelity; -- a term derived from the true, or Coventry, blue, formerly celebrated for its unchanging color. See True blue, under Blue.

Of genuine birth; having a right by birth to any title; as, a true-born Englishman.

Of a genuine or right breed; as, a true-bred beast. Shak.

Of a faithful heart; honest; sincere; not faithless or deceitful; as, a truhearted friend. -- True"-heart`ed*ness, n.

An honest fellow. Shak. Bacon.

moved on trundles, or little wheels, so that it can be pushed under a higher bed; a truckle-bed; also, sometimes, a simiral bed without wheels. Chapman.

Having the nostrils prolonged in the form of horny tubes along the sides of the beak; -- said of certain sea birds.

Any bivalve mollusk which secretes a shelly tube around its siphon, as the watering-shell.

See Tuyère.

A pair of blacksmith's tongs.

Ready to fall; dilapidated; ruinous; as, a tumble-down house. [Colloq.]

Slow-footed. [R.] "Turtle-footed Peace." Ford.

The turtle cowrie.