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Consisting of three united; multiplied by three; threefold; as, a triple knot; a triple tie. By thy triple shape as thou art seen. Dryden.

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…

A collection or combination of three of a kind; three united.

Havingthree principal operative parts or motions, so as to produce a three-fold effect.

Containing a third, or one part to three. Bp. Wilkins.

A triple prayer in the sacrifice of the Mass, beginning with the words "Agnus Dei."

In French games, a pair royal, or triplet.

churches, to hold tapers lighted on solemn occasions. It is sometimes formed of double or triple circlets, arranged pyramidically. Called also corona lucis. Fairholt.

A piece of music in triple time; also, a lively dance; a coranto.

A triple alliance; specif., the alliance of Germany, Austria, and Italy, formed in 1882.

re he sleepeth. 1 Kings xviii. 27. Few writers hesitate to use either in what is called a triple alternative; such as, We must either stay where we are, proceed, or recede. Latham.

A plant of the genus Atriplex; orache. Gray.

rnia. The name is also applied to other plants of the same family, as several species of Atriplex and Obione.

The tripletail (Lobotes).

Any substance, as a easting of iron, a piece of worm-eaten wood, or of triple, etc., perforated with cells like a honeycomb. Honeycomb moth (Zoöl.), the wax moth. -- Honeycomb stomach. (Anat.) See Reticulum.

rming an essential part of the substance. Ingrain carpet, a double or two-ply carpet. -- Triple ingrain carpet, a three-ply carpet.

ernumerary. "Intercalary spines." Owen. This intercalary line . . . is made the last of a triplet. Beattie. Intercalary day (Med.), one on which no paroxysm of an intermittent disease occurs. Mayne.

al plants of the Goosefoot family, sometimes used as pot herbs, as Chenopodium album and Atriplex patulsa.