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TRINES
Noun
trines
plural of trine
Anagrams
• Insert, Stiner, Strine, Tiners, estrin, inerts, insert, inters, niters, nitres, sinter, terins, triens
Source: Wiktionary
TRINE
Trine, a. Etym: [See Trinal.]
Definition: Threefold; triple; as, trine dimensions, or length, breadth, and thickness.
Trine, n. Etym: [F. trine, trin. See Trinal.]
1. (Astrol.)
Definition: 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.
Trine, v. t.
Definition: To put in the aspect of a trine. [R.] By fortune he [Saturn] was now to Venus trined. Dryden.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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