Chapter Trispermous to Troad of T by Webster's Dictionary (1913 Edition)

2. A weaver's knife. See Trevat. Knight.

Trivet table, a table supported by three legs. Dryden.

Trivial
(Triv"i*al) a. [L. trivialis, properly, that is in, or belongs to, the crossroads or public streets; hence, that may be found everywhere, common, fr. trivium a place where three roads meet, a crossroad, the public street; tri- (see Tri-) + via a way: cf. F. trivial. See Voyage.]

1. Found anywhere; common. [Obs.]

2. Ordinary; commonplace; trifling; vulgar.

As a scholar, meantime, he was trivial, and incapable of labor.

De Quincey.

3. Of little worth or importance; inconsiderable; trifling; petty; paltry; as, a trivial subject or affair.

The trivial round, the common task.

Keble.

4. Of or pertaining to the trivium.

Trivial name (Nat. Hist.), the specific name.

Trivial
(Triv"i*al), n. One of the three liberal arts forming the trivium. [Obs.] Skelton. Wood.

Trivialism
(Triv"i*al*ism) n. A trivial matter or method; a triviality. Carlyle.

Triviality
(Triv`i*al"i*ty) n.; pl. Trivialities [Cf. F. trivialité]

1. The quality or state of being trivial; trivialness.

2. That which is trivial; a trifle.

The philosophy of our times does not expend itself in furious discussions on mere scholastic trivialities.

Lyon Playfair.

Trivially
(Triv"i*al*ly) adv. In a trivial manner.

Trivialness
(Triv"i*al*ness), n. Quality or state of being trivial.

Trivium
(||Triv"i*um) n. [LL. See Trivial.]

1. The three " liberal" arts, grammar, logic, and rhetoric; — being a triple way, as it were, to eloquence.

The trivium and quadrivium together made up the seven liberal arts. See Quadrivium.

2. (Zoöl.) The three anterior ambulacra of echinoderms, collectively.

Triweekly
(Tri"week`ly) a. [Pref. tri- + weekly.] Occurring or appearing three times a week; thriceweekly; as, a triweekly newspaper. — adv. Three times a week. — n. A triweekly publication.

This is a convenient word, but is not legitimately formed. It should mean occurring once in three weeks, as triennial means once in three years. Cf. Biweekly.

Troad
(Troad) n. See Trode. [Obs.]