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Trispermous
(Tri*sper"mous) a. [Pref. tri- + Gr. seed.] (Bot.) Containing three seeds; three-seeded; as, a trispermous capsule.

Trisplanchnic
(Tri*splanch"nic) a. [Tri- + splanchnic.] (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the three great splanchnic cavities, namely, that of the head, the chest, and the abdomen; — applied to the sympathetic nervous system.

Trist
(Trist) v. t. & i. [imp. Triste.] To trust. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Trist
(Trist), n. [See Tryst.]

1. Trust. [Obs.]

2. A post, or station, in hunting. [Obs.] Chaucer.

3. A secret meeting, or the place of such meeting; a tryst. See Tryst. [Obs.]

George Douglas caused a trist to be set between him and the cardinal and four lords; at the which trist he and the cardinal agreed finally.
Letter dated Sept., 1543.

Trist
(Trist), a. [F. triste, L. tristis.] Sad; sorrowful; gloomy. [Obs.] Fairfax.

Triste
(Triste) n. A cattle fair. [Prov. Eng.]

Tristearate
(Tri*ste"a*rate) n. Tristearin.

Tristearin
(Tri*ste"a*rin) n. [Pref. tri- + stearin.] (Physiol. Chem.) See Stearin.

Tristful
(Trist"ful) a. Sad; sorrowful; gloomy. Shak.

Eyes so tristful, eyes so tristful,
Heart so full of care and cumber.
Longfellow.

Tristfully
(Trist"ful*ly), adv. In a tristful manner; sadly.

Tristichous
(Tris"tich*ous) a. [Gr. in three rows; (see Tri-) + a row.] (Bot.) Arranged in three vertical rows.

Tristigmatic
(Tri`stig*mat"ic Tri*stig"ma*tose`) a. [Pref. tri- + stigma.] (Bot.) Having, or consisting of, three stigmas. Gray.

Tristitiate
(Tris*ti"ti*ate) v. t. [L. tristitia sadness, fr. tristis sad.] To make sad. [Obs.] Feltham.

Tristoma
(||Tris"to*ma) n. [NL., from Gr. tri- (see Tri-) + sto`ma mouth.] (Zoöl.) Any one of numerous species of trematode worms belonging to Tristoma and allied genera having a large posterior sucker and two small anterior ones. They usually have broad, thin, and disklike bodies, and are parasite on the gills and skin of fishes.

Tristy
(Trist"y) a. See Trist, a. [Obs.] Ashmole.

Trisulc
(Tri"sulc) n. [L. trisulcus; tri- (see Tri-) + sulcus a furrow.] Something having three forks or prongs, as a trident. [Obs.] "Jupiter's trisulc." Sir T. Browne.

Trisulcate
(Tri*sul"cate) a. [Pref. tri- + sulcate.] Having three furrows, forks, or prongs; having three grooves or sulci; three-grooved.

Trisulphide
(Tri*sul"phide) n. [Pref. tri- + sulphide.] (Chem.) A sulphide containing three atoms of sulphur.