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A triplet. Hiles.

Threefold; triple; consisting of three; ternate. Tern flowers (Bot.), flowers growing three and three together. -- Tern leaves (Bot.), leaves arranged in threes, or three by three, or having three in each whorl or set. -- Tern peduncles (Bot.), three peduncles growing together from the same axis. -- Tern schooner (N…

Divided into, or consisting of, three parts; tripartite. Three- parted leaf (Bot.), a leaf divided into three parts down to the base, but not entirely separate.

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

Triple; treble; threefold. [Prov. Eng. or Colloq.] Halliwell.

To divest or strip one's self of; to put off. There the snake throws her enameled skin. Shak.

The pope's triple crown. It was at first a round, high cap, but was afterward encompassed with a crown, subsequently with a second, and finally with a third. Fig.: The papal dignity.

or cotton fabric, of which ticks for beds are made. It is usually twilled, and woven in stripes of different colors, as white and blue; -- called also ticken.

A triplet; three lines, or three lines rhyming together.

rn Asia and the East Indies. Its back and sides are tawny or rufous yellow, transversely striped with black, the tail is ringed with black, the throat and belly are nearly white. When full grown, it equals or exceeds the lion in size and strength. Called also royal tiger, and Bengal tiger.

in iron works, which is lifted or tilted by projections or wipers on a revolving shaft; a trip hammer.

duration of sounds; measure; tempo; rate of movement; rhythmical division; as, common or triple time; the musician keeps good time. Some few lines set unto a solemn time. Beau. & Fl.

Tightly; nimbly. [Obs.] "I have seen him trip it tithly." Beau. & Fl.

k moth (Sphinx, or Phlegethontius, Carolina). It is dark green, with seven oblique white stripes bordered above with dark brown on each side of the body. It feeds upon the leaves of tobacco and tomato plants, and is often very injurious to the tobacco crop. See Illust. of Hawk moth.

One of the terminal members, or digits, of the foot of a man or an animal. "Each one, tripping on his toe." Shak.

A point, or long, narrow strip of land, projecting from the mainland into a sea or a lake.

e, a scale for weighing in which the fulcra of the levers or beams are strained wires or strips acting by torsion.

A toga of purple, or ornamented with purple horizontal stripes. -- worn by kings, consuls, and augurs. Dr. W. Smith.

In the organ, a light strip of wood connecting (in path) a key and a pallet, to communicate motion by pulling.

Threefold; triple. A lofty tower, and strong on every side With treble walls. Dryden.