Trim
(Trim), n.
1. Dress; gear; ornaments.
Seeing him just pass the window in his woodland trim.
Sir W. Scott. 2. Order; disposition; condition; as, to be in good trim. " The trim of an encounter." Chapman.
3. The state of a ship or her cargo, ballast, masts, etc., by which she is well prepared for sailing.
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.
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.
Trim
(Trim), 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.
With comely carriage of her countenance trim.
Spenser.
So deemed I till I viewed their trim array
Of boats last night.
Trench. Trimaculated
(Tri*mac"u*la`ted) a. [Pref. tri- + maculated.] Marked with three spots, or maculæ.
Trimellic
(Tri*mel"lic) 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.
Trimembral
(Tri*mem"bral), a. [L. trimembris triplemembered. See Tri-, and Member.] Having, or
consisting of, three members.
Trimera
(||Tri"me*ra) n. pl. [NL. See Tri-, and -mere.] (Zoöl.) A division of Coleoptera including those
which have but three joints in the tarsi.
Trimeran
(Tri"mer*an) n. (Zoöl.) One of the Trimera. Also used adjectively.
