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a manifestation of grief; a lan With their sighs the air Frequenting, sent from hearts contrite. Milton.

Worn out by use or familiarity; having lost its novelty and power of pleasing; trite; common. Swift. Wit itself, if stale is less pleasing. Grew. How weary, stale flat, and unprofitable Seem to me all the uses of this world! Shak. Stale affidavit (Law), an affidavit held above a year. Craig. -- Stale demand (Law), a c…

nating, a complex nitrogenous acid, obtained by the action of acetic acid and potassium nitrite on uric acid, as a yellow crystalline substance, with a bitter, astringent taste.

Triternate.

Trite. [Obs.] T. Warton. -- Trit"ic*al*ly, adv. [Obs.] -- Trit"ic*al*ness, n. [Obs.]

A fabled sea demigod, the son of Neptune and Amphitrite, and the trumpeter of Neptune. He is represented by poets and painters as having the upper part of his body like that of a man, and the lower part like that of a fish. He often has a trumpet made of a shell. Have sight of Proteus rising from the sea, Or hear old T…

A salt of vanadious acid, analogous to a nitrite or a phosphite.