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[trig] 
,adjective, verb, trigged, trig⋅ging.
–adjective Chiefly British.
–verb (used with object)
| 1. | neat, trim, smart, or spruce. |
| 2. | in good physical condition; sound; well. |
| 3. | Chiefly British Dialect. to make trim, smart, etc. (often fol. by up or out). |
Origin:
1150–1200 for earlier sense; 1505–15 for def. 1; ME trigg true, trusty < ON tryggr loyal, safe; c. Goth triggws true, faithful. See true
1150–1200 for earlier sense; 1505–15 for def. 1; ME trigg true, trusty < ON tryggr loyal, safe; c. Goth triggws true, faithful. See true
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trig
3 [trig] ,verb, trigged, trig⋅ging, noun
–verb (used with object) Dialect.
–noun
| 1. | to support or prop, as with a wedge. |
| 2. | to act as a check on (the moving of wheels, vehicles, etc.). |
| 3. | a wedge or block used to prevent a wheel, cask, or the like, from rolling. |
Origin:
1585–95; < ON tryggja to make fast, secure
1585–95; < ON tryggja to make fast, secure
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| trig 1
(trĭg) Pronunciation Key
adj.
To make trim or neat, especially in dress. [Middle English, true, from Old Norse tryggr, loyal, true; see deru- in Indo-European roots.] trig'ly adv., trig'ness n. |
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| trig 2
(trĭg) Pronunciation Key
tr.v. trigged, trig·ging, trigs
[Perhaps of Scandinavian origin; akin to Old Norse tryggr, firm; see trig1.] |
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| trig 3
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n. Trigonometry. |
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trig
"smart, trim," c.1200, from O.N. tryggr "firm, trusty, true" (see true). A Scottish and northern word only until 19c.
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| trig | |
adjective | |
| 1. | neat and smart in appearance; "a clean-cut and well-bred young man"; "the trig corporal in his jaunty cap"; "a trim beard" [syn: clean-cut] |
noun | |
| 1. | the mathematics of triangles and trigonometric functions [syn: trigonometry] |
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Trig
Trig\, v. t. [Cf. Dan. trykke to press, Sw. trycka.] To fill; to stuff; to cram. [Obs.] --Dr. H. More.
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Trig
Trig\, a. [Formerly written trick, akin to trick to dress.] Full; also, trim; neat. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.] To sit on a horse square and trig. --Brit. Quart. Rev.
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Trig
Trig\, v. t. [See Trigger.] To stop, as a wheel, by placing something under it; to scotch; to skid.
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Trig
Trig\, n. [See Trigger.] A stone, block of wood, or anything else, placed under a wheel or barrel to prevent motion; a scotch; a skid. [Eng.] --Wright.
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| trig trigonometry |
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