Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
TRIG
trig, clean-cut, trim
(adjective) neat and smart in appearance; “a clean-cut and well-bred young man”; “the trig corporal in his jaunty cap”; “a trim beard”
trigonometry, trig
(noun) the mathematics of triangles and trigonometric functions
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Adjective
trig (comparative trigger, )
(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.
(now chiefly dialectal) Active; clever.
Noun
trig (plural trigs)
(now chiefly dialectal) A dandy; coxcomb.
Etymology 2
Noun
trig (countable and uncountable, plural trigs)
(uncountable) Trigonometry.
(surveying, countable, informal) A trigonometric point, trig point.
Etymology 3
Noun
trig (plural trigs)
(UK) A stone, block of wood, or anything else, placed under a wheel or barrel to prevent motion; a scotch; a skid.
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
Verb
trig (third-person singular simple present trigs, present participle trigging, simple past and past participle trigged)
To fill; to stuff; to cram.
Etymology 5
Clipping.
Noun
trig (plural trigs)
(medicine, informal) triglyceride
Anagrams
• Grit, girt, grit
Source: Wiktionary
Trig, v. t. Etym: [Cf. Dan. trykke to press, Sw. trycka.]
Definition: To fill; to stuff; to cram. [Obs.] Dr. H. More.
Trig, a. Etym: [Formerly written trick, akin to trick to dress.]
Definition: Full; also, trim; neat. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.] To sit on a horse square and trig. Brit. Quart. Rev.
Trig, v. t. Etym: [See Trigger.]
Definition: To stop, as a wheel, by placing something under it; to scotch; to skid.
Trig, n. Etym: [See Trigger.]
Definition: A stone, block of wood, or anything else, placed under a wheel or barrel to prevent motion; a scotch; a skid. [Eng.] Wright.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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