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ered collectively; three in company or acting together; a set of three; three united. The trio were well accustomed to act together, and were linked to each other by ties of mutual interest. Dickens.

the value of three oboli; hence, mean; worthless. [Obs.] It may pass current . . . for a triobolar ballad. Cheyne.

An aspect of two planets with regard to the earth when they are three octants, or three eighths of a circle, that is, 135 degrees, distant from each other. Hutton.

The third order of the Linnæan class Polygamia.

nate, others pistillate, and others both staminate and pistillate; belonging to the order Trioecia.

Same as Triplet.

See Olein.

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.

A compound similar to sulphonal, used as a hypnotic in medicine.

A division of chelonians which comprises Trionyx and allied genera; -- called also Trionychoides, and Trionychina.

A genus of fresh-water or river turtles which have the shell imperfectly developed and covered with a soft leathery skin. They are noted for their agility and rapacity. Called also soft tortoise, soft-shell tortoise, and mud turtle.

Same as Trier, 2 and 3.

A sugar derived from a trihydric alcohol.

An oxide containing three atoms of oxygen; as, sulphur trioxide, SO3; -- formerly called tritoxide.

A depraved appetite; a desire for improper food.

ts and feeling. The distrust with which they felt themselves to be regarded by their compatriots in America. Palfrey.

The condition of being compatriots.

A joint patriot.

A player. [R.] Pope.

cal; -- sometimes in a bad sense. -- His`tri*on"ic*al*ly, adv. Tainted with false and histrionic feeling. De Quincey.