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strig
English
Etymology
Origin obscure.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?st???/
Noun
strig (plural strigs)
- (botany) A pedicel or footstalk, especially of a flowering or fruit-bearing plant, such as the currant.
- The tang of a sword-blade.
- (Britain dialectal) The string of a button.
Verb
strig (third-person singular simple present strigs, present participle strigging, simple past and past participle strigged)
- To strip the pedical from a plant.
Anagrams
- Grits, girts, grist, grits, trigs
Megleno-Romanian
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *strig?, from Latin strix. Compare (Daco-)Romanian striga, strig.
Verb
strig
- I yell.
Romanian
Verb
strig
- first-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of striga
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trig
English
Pronunciation
- (UK, US) IPA(key): /t???/, [t???????]
- Rhymes: -??
Etymology 1
From Middle English trig, tryg, from Old Norse tryggr (“loyal, faithful, true”), from Proto-Germanic *triwwiz (“loyal, faithful, true”). Cognate with Old English tr?ewe (“faithful, loyal, true”). More at true.
Adjective
trig (comparative trigger, superlative triggest)
- (now chiefly dialectal) True; trusty; trustworthy; faithful.
- (now chiefly dialectal) Safe; secure.
- (now chiefly dialectal) Tight; firm; steady; sound; in good condition or health.
- Neat; tidy; trim; spruce; smart.
- 1857, J. Rarey, "The Taming of Horses" in British Quarterly Review
- we possess of pig's skin and stirrups to keep them square and trig
- “A tight little craft,” was Austin’s invariable comment on the matron; and she looked it, always trim and trig and smooth of surface like a converted yacht cleared for action. ¶ Near her wandered her husband, orientally bland, invariably affable, […].
- 1973, Newsweek, April 16
- The [torture] stories seemed incongruent with the men telling them – a trim, trig lot who, given a few pounds more flesh, might have stepped right out of a recruiting poster.
- 1857, J. Rarey, "The Taming of Horses" in British Quarterly Review
- (now chiefly dialectal) Active; clever.
Translations
Noun
trig (plural trigs)
- (now chiefly dialectal) A dandy; coxcomb.
Etymology 2
Clipping of trigonometry.
Noun
trig (countable and uncountable, plural trigs)
- (uncountable) Trigonometry.
- (surveying, countable, informal) A trigonometric point, trig point.
Etymology 3
See trigger.
Noun
trig (plural trigs)
- (Britain) A stone, block of wood, or anything else, placed under a wheel or barrel to prevent motion; a scotch; a skid.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Wright to this entry?)
- The mark for players at skittles, etc.
Verb
trig (third-person singular simple present trigs, present participle trigging, simple past and past participle trigged)
- (transitive) To stop (a wheel, barrel, etc.) by placing something under it; to scotch; to skid.
Etymology 4
Compare Danish trykke (“to press”).
Verb
trig (third-person singular simple present trigs, present participle trigging, simple past and past participle trigged)
- To fill; to stuff; to cram.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Dr. H. More to this entry?)
Etymology 5
Clipping.
Noun
trig (plural trigs)
- (medicine, informal) triglyceride
References
- trig in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Anagrams
- Grit, girt, grit
Old English
Alternative forms
- tre?
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *trugaz, *trug?, *truh-, *trauh-, *trawj?, from Proto-Indo-European *drAuk(')- (“a type of vessel”). Akin to Old English tr?g (“trough”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /trij/
Noun
tri? n
- a wooden board with a low rim, tray
Declension
Synonyms
- tr??
- trog
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