*trim*

n. [ L. detrimentum, fr. deterere, detritum, to rub or wear away; de + terere to rub: cf. F. détriment. See Trite. ] 1. That which injures or causes damage; mischief; harm; diminution; loss; damage; -- used very generically; as, detriments to property, religion, morals, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

I can repair
That detriment, if such it be. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A charge made to students and barristers for incidental repairs of the rooms they occupy. [ Eng. ]

Syn. -- Injury; loss; damage; disadvantage; prejudice; hurt; mischief; harm. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To do injury to; to hurt. [ Archaic ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Other might be determined thereby. Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Causing detriment; injurious; hurtful. [ 1913 Webster ]

Neither dangerous nor detrimental to the donor. Addison.

Syn. -- Injurious; hurtful; prejudicial; disadvantageous; mischievous; pernicious. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality of being detrimental; injuriousness. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_;; &unr_; in + &unr_; belly + &unr_; to speak: cf. F. engastrimythe. ] An ventriloquist. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Isotrimorphous. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Iso- + Gr. &unr_; thrice + morfh` form. ] Isomorphism between the three forms, severally, of two trimorphous substances. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having the quality of isotrimorphism; isotrimorphic. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Matrimony. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. matrimonialis: cf. F. matrimonial. See Matrimony. ] Of or pertaining to marriage; derived from marriage; connubial; nuptial; hymeneal; as, matrimonial rights or duties. [ 1913 Webster ]

If he relied upon that title, he could be but a king at courtesy, and have rather a matrimonial than a regal power. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Connubial; conjugal; sponsal; spousal; nuptial; hymeneal. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a matrimonial manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Matrimonial. [ R. ] Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. matrimoine, through Old French, fr. L. matrimonium, fr. mater mother. See Mother. ] 1. The union of man and woman as husband and wife; the nuptial state; marriage; wedlock. [ 1913 Webster ]

If either of you know any impediment, why ye may not be lawfully joined together in matrimony, ye do now confess it. Book of Com. Prayer (Eng. Ed.) [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A kind of game at cards played by several persons. [ 1913 Webster ]

Matrimony vine (Bot.), a climbing thorny vine (Lycium barbarum) of the Potato family. Gray. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Marriage; wedlock. See Marriage. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. nutrimentum, fr. nutrire to nourish. See Nourish. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. That which nourishes; a nutrient; anything which promotes growth and repairs the natural waste of animal or vegetable life; food; aliment. [ 1913 Webster ]

The stomach returns what it has received, in strength and nutriment diffused into all parts of the body. South. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That which promotes development or growth. [ 1913 Webster ]

Is not virtue in mankind
The nutriment that feeds the mind? Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Nutritious. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. patrimonialis: cf. F. patrimonial. ] Of or pertaining to a patrimony; inherited from ancestors; as, a patrimonial estate. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. By inheritance. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Patrimonies [ L. patrimonium, fr. pater father: cf. F. patrimoine. See Paternal. ] 1. A right or estate inherited from one's father; or, in a larger sense, from any ancestor. “'Reave the orphan of his patrimony.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Formerly, a church estate or endowment. Shipley. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To trim again. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. retrimentum. ] Refuse; dregs. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Trimmed p. pr. & vb. n. Trimming. ] [ OE. trimen, trumen, AS. trymian, trymman, to prepare, dispose, make strong, fr. trum firm, strong; of uncertain origin. ] 1. To make trim; to put in due order for any purpose; to make right, neat, or pleasing; to adjust. [ 1913 Webster ]

The hermit trimmed his little fire. Goldsmith. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To dress; to decorate; to adorn; to invest; to embellish; as, to trim a hat. [ 1913 Webster ]

A rotten building newly trimmed over. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

I was trimmed in Julia's gown. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To make ready or right by cutting or shortening; to clip or lop; to curtail; as, to trim the hair; to trim a tree. “ And trimmed the cheerful lamp.” Byron. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Carp.) To dress, as timber; to make smooth. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. (Naut.) (a) To adjust, as a ship, by arranging the cargo, or disposing the weight of persons or goods, so equally on each side of the center and at each end, that she shall sit well on the water and sail well; as, to trim a ship, or a boat. (b) To arrange in due order for sailing; as, to trim the sails. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. To rebuke; to reprove; also, to beat. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

To trim in (Carp.), to fit, as a piece of timber, into other work. --
To trim up, to dress; to put in order. [ 1913 Webster ]

I found her trimming up the diadem
On her dead mistress. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To balance; to fluctuate between parties, so as to appear to favor each. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. Dress; gear; ornaments. [ 1913 Webster ]

Seeing him just pass the window in his woodland trim. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Order; disposition; condition; as, to be in good trim. “ The trim of an encounter.” Chapman. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The state of a ship or her cargo, ballast, masts, etc., by which she is well prepared for sailing. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Arch) The lighter woodwork in the interior of a building; especially, that used around openings, generally in the form of a molded architrave, to protect the plastering at those points. [ 1913 Webster ]

In ballast trim (Naut.), having only ballast on board. R. H. Dana, Jr. --
Trim of the masts (Naut.), their position in regard to the ship and to each other, as near or distant, far forward or much aft, erect or raking. --
Trim of sails (Naut.), that adjustment, with reference to the wind, witch is best adapted to impel the ship forward. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Compar. Trimmer superl. Trimmest. ] [ See Trim, v. t. ] Fitly adjusted; being in good order., or made ready for service or use; firm; compact; snug; neat; fair; as, the ship is trim, or trim built; everything about the man is trim; a person is trim when his body is well shaped and firm; his dress is trim when it fits closely to his body, and appears tight and snug; a man or a soldier is trim when he stands erect. [ 1913 Webster ]

With comely carriage of her countenance trim. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

So deemed I till I viewed their trim array
Of boats last night. Trench. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. tri- + maculated. ] Marked with three spots, or maculae. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. tri- + L. mel, gen. mellis, honey. ] (Chem.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, a certain tribasic acid (called also trimellitic acid) metameric with trimesitic acid. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. trimembris triplemembered. See Tri-, and Member. ] Having, or consisting of, three members. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL. See Tri-, and -mere. ] (Zool.) A division of Coleoptera including those which have but three joints in the tarsi. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) One of the Trimera. Also used adjectively. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See Trimera. ] (Bot.) Having the parts in threes. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. tri- + mesitylene + -ic. ] (Chem.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, a tribasic acid, C6H3.(CO2)3, of the aromatic series, obtained, by the oxidation of mesitylene, as a white crystalline substance. [ Written also trimesic. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. trimestris of three months; tri- (see Tri-) + mensis month: cf. F. trimestre. ] A term or period of three months. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Trimestrial. Southey. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to a trimester, or period of three months; occurring once in every three months; quarterly. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. trimetrus, Gr. &unr_;; &unr_; (see Tri-) + &unr_; measure. See Meter measure. ] (Pros.) Consisting of three poetical measures. -- n. A poetical division of verse, consisting of three measures. Lowth. [ 1913 Webster ]

(Chem.) A prefix or combining form (also used adjectively) indicating the presence of three methyl groups. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Trimethyl- + amine. ] (Chem.) A colorless volatile alkaline liquid, N.(CH3)3, obtained from herring brine, beet roots, etc., with a characteristic herringlike odor. It is regarded as a substituted ammonia containing three methyl groups. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) A gaseous hydrocarbon, C3H6, isomeric with propylene and obtained from it indirectly. It is the base of a series of compounds analogous to the aromatic hydrocarbons. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. tri- + Gr. &unr_; measure. ] (Crystallog.) Same as Orthorhombic. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Same as Trimeter. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a trim manner; nicely. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One who trims, arranges, fits, or ornaments. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. One who does not adopt extreme opinions in politics, or the like; one who fluctuates between parties, so as to appear to favor each; a timeserver. [ 1913 Webster ]

Thus Halifax was a trimmer on principle. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. An instrument with which trimming is done. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Arch.) A beam, into which are framed the ends of headers in floor framing, as when a hole is to be left for stairs, or to avoid bringing joists near chimneys, and the like. See Illust. of Header. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. (Coal Storage) An apparatus used for piling the coal in gradually increasing piles made by building up at the point of the cone or top of the prism. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

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a. from Trim, v. [ 1913 Webster ]

The Whigs are, essentially, an inefficient, trimming, halfway sort of a party. Jeffrey. [ 1913 Webster ]

Trimming joist (Arch.), a joist into which timber trimmers are framed; a header. See Header. Knight. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The act of one who trims. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That which serves to trim, make right or fitting, adjust, ornament, or the like; especially, the necessary or the ornamental appendages, as of a garment; hence, sometimes, the concomitants of a dish; a relish; -- usually in the plural. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The act of reprimanding or chastisting; as, to give a boy a trimming. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a trimming manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality or state of being trim; orderliness; compactness; snugness; neatness. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Trimorphous. ] (Crystallog.) A substance which crystallizes in three distinct forms, or which has three distinct physical states; also, any one of these distinct forms. See Trimorphism, 1. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Trimorphic. ] 1. (Crystallog.) The property of crystallizing in three forms fundamentally distinct, as is the case with titanium dioxide, which crystallizes in the forms of rutile, octahedrite, and brookite. See Pleomorphism. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Biol.) The coexistence among individuals of the same species of three distinct forms, not connected, as a rule, by intermediate gradations; the condition among individuals of the same species of having three different shapes or proportions of corresponding parts; -- contrasted with polymorphism, and dimorphism. [ 1913 Webster ]

Heterogonous trimporphism (Bot.), that condition in which flowers of plants of the same species have three different lengths of stamens, short, medium, and long, the blossoms of one individual plant having short and medium stamens and a long style, those of another having short and long stamens and a style of medium length, and those of a third having medium and long stamens and a short style, the style of each blossom thus being of a length not represented by its stamens. [ 1913 Webster ]