a. [ Yiddish, fr. Heb. t&ebreve_;rēphāh an animal torn by wild beasts. ] Ceremonially unclean, according to the Jewish law; -- opposed to kosher. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

‖a. [ F. tréflé. See Trefoil. ] (Her.) Having a three-lobed extremity or extremities, as a cross; also, more rarely, ornamented with trefoils projecting from the edges, as a bearing. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. tréfle. See Trefoil. ] (Fort.) A species of time; -- so called from its resemblance in form to a trefoil. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. tres three + E. foil leaf; cf. F. frèfle, It. trifoglio, L. trifolium. See Tri-, Foil leaf, and cf. Trifoly. ] 1. (Bot.) Any plant of the genus Trifolium, which includes the white clover, red clover, etc.; -- less properly, applied also to the nonesuch, or black medic. See Clover, and Medic. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Arch.) An ornamental foliation consisting of three divisions, or foils. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Her.) A charge representing the clover leaf. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Her.) Same as Tréflé. [ 1913 Webster ]