n. [ OF. ] Adultery. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
prop. n. (Geography) The capital
v. t. To destroy. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Formed after analogy of the French language. ] A woman skilled in equestrianism; a horsewoman. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. (Physiol.) Exciting nutrition; said of the reflex influence by which the nutritional processes are either excited or modified. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Not retrievable; irrecoverable; irreparable;
n. The state or quality of being irretrievable. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. In an irretrievable manner. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. pl. Sweetmeats. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. nutriens, p. pr. of nutrire. See Nourish. ] Nutritious; nourishing; promoting growth. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. n.
a. [ From Retrieve. ] That may be retrieved or recovered; admitting of retrieval. --
n. The act retrieving. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
With late repentance now they would retrieve
The bodies they forsook, and wish to live. Dryden [ 1913 Webster ]
To retrieve them from their cold, trivial conceits. Berkeley. [ 1913 Webster ]
Accept my sorrow, and retrieve my fall. Prior. [ 1913 Webster ]
There is much to be done . . . and much to be retrieved. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i. (Sport.) To discover and bring in game that has been killed or wounded;
n.
n. Retrieval. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.
n. Psaltery. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
imp. & p. p. of Try.
a. See Trihedral. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. triennium the space of three years; tri- (see Tri-) + annus year. See Annual. ]
n. Something which takes place or appears once in three years. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. Once in three years. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. [ L., from tres, tria, three. ] (Rom. Antiq.) A Roman copper coin, equal to one third of the
n. [ From Try. ]
n. [ L. trierarchus, Gr. &unr_;; &unr_; a trireme + &unr_; a leader, a chief. ] (Gr. Antiq.)
n.;
a. [ L. trietericus, Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; (sc. &unr_;) a triennial festival; &unr_; (see Tri-.) + &unr_; a year. ] Kept or occurring once in three years; triennial. [ R. ] J. Gregory. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. pl. [ L. trieterica, pl., fr. Gr. &unr_; of a triennial festival. ] (Class. Antiq.) Festival games celebrated once in three years. [ R. ] May. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Pref. tri- + ethylamine. ] (Chem.) A tertiary amine analogous to trimethylamine. [ 1913 Webster ]