Hypertext Webster Gateway: "trig"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Trig \Trig\, v. t. [See {Trigger}.]
To stop, as a wheel, by placing something under it; to
scotch; to skid.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Trig \Trig\, v. t. [Cf. Dan. trykke to press, Sw. trycka.]
To fill; to stuff; to cram. [Obs.] --Dr. H. More.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
trig
adj : (of persons) neat and smart in appearance; "a clean-cut and
well-bred young man"; "the trig corporal in his jaunty
cap" [syn: {clean-cut}, {trim}]
n : the mathematics of triangles and trigonometric functions
[syn: {trigonometry}]
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