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Trine
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 1 of 3
Part of speech: noun (n.)
1. The aspect of planets distant from each other 120 degrees, or one third of the zodiac; trigon. In sextile, square, and trine. Milton.
2. A triad; trinity. [R.] A single trine of brazen tortoises. Mrs. Browning. Eternal One, Almighty Trine! Keble.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 3
Part of speech: verb (v.)
To put in the aspect of a trine. [R.] By fortune he [Saturn] was now to Venus trined. Dryden.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 3 of 3
Part of speech: adjective (a.)
Threefold; triple; as, trine dimensions, or length, breadth, and thickness.