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▪ I. trine, a. and n.|traɪn|
Also 4–7 tryne.
[a. F. trin, trine (13th c. in Littré):—L. trīn-us threefold, f. trēs, tria three.]
A. adj.
1. Threefold; triple.
trine compass, threefold space, i.e. heaven, earth, and sea.
c1386Chaucer Sec. Nun's T. 45 The eterneel loue and pees That of the tryne compas lord and gyde is. c1450Cov. Myst. ix. (1841) 88 Recomendyng me to that Godhyd that is tryne in trone. a1550Bellenden in Bannatyne Poems (Hunter. Cl.) 8/153 Thow Godheid trine, rignand in vnitie. 1656Blount Glossogr., Trine, trinus, of three years old, or pertaining to the number three. 1675Baxter Cath. Theol. i. i. 40 By his Trine influx of Power, Wisdom, and Goodness. a1711Ken Hymns Festiv. Poet. Wks. 1721 I. 248 To teach the Faith of Godhead Trine. 1735Berkeley Reasons §17 The trine dimensions of a cube generated by motion. 1868Gladstone Juv. Mundi viii. (1870) 227 He [Zeus] is the governor of the air..; the eldest of the trine brotherhood.
b. trine immersion (also trin-immersion), the immersion of a person three times in baptism, in the name of the three Persons of the Trinity. So trine affusion, trine aspersion.
1637Gillespie Eng. Pop. Cerem. ii. ix. 37 When the Arrians abused Trin-immersion in Baptisme. Ibid., The Ceremony of Trin-immersion. 1657J. Watts Dipper Sprinkled 54 She hath given over her old way of the Trine-immersion, and is upon the new path of Trine-aspersion. 1884G. T. Stokes in Contemp. Rev. Apr. 600 If immersion cannot be used, trine affusion may suffice, accompanied by fasting.
2. Astrol. Denoting the ‘aspect’ of two heavenly bodies which are a third part of the zodiac, i.e. 120°, distant from each other. Also, Connected with or relating to a trine aspect. Also fig. Favourable, benign: cf. quots. 1581, 1614 in B. 2.
1477Norton Ord. Alch. vi. in Ashm. Theat. Chem. Brit. (1652) 100 Cause them to looke with a Trine aspect. 1594Blundevil Exerc. iv. xliv. (1636) 502 You shall find the Moone to be in a trine aspect with the Sunne. 1605Drayton Man in Moon 459 How the Signes in their Triplicities, Be simpathizing in their Trine consents. 1609C. Butler Fem. Mon. v. (1623) L j, If hir Princely Grace Vouchsafe with Trine Aspect reply to make. 1790E. Sibly Occult Sc. (1792) l. 143 A trine aspect, △.
B. n.
1. A group of three; a triad.
1552Lyndesay Monarche 5681 Gregor, Ambrose, and Augustyne, With Confessoris, ane tryumphand tryne. 1591Sylvester Du Bartas i. ii. 383 Rightly may we call those Trines (Fire, Aire and Water) but Heav'n's Concubines. c1614Sir W. Mure Dido & æneas iii. 291 O furyes! O Vindictive tryne. a1711Ken Hymns Evang. Poet. Wks. 1721 I. 40 Believe, repent, and love, this easy Trine. 1874A. J. Ellis in Phil. Trans. XXIII. 16 A duodene..consists of 12 tones, forming four trines of major Thirds arranged in three quaternions of Fifths.
b. spec. The Trinity; in first quot. = trinity 1 b.
a1568Bannatyne Poems (Hunter. Cl.) 79/7 Off a will, substance, and equalite,..To be laud in tryne and vnite. 1613W. Browne Brit. Past. i. v, Thou by whose hand the sacred Trine did bring Us out of bonds. a1711Ken Hymnarium Poet. Wks. 1721 II. 68 O holy, holy, holy Trine, Me for thyself refine. 1827Keble Chr. Y., Trin. Sunday, Eternal One, Almighty Trine!
2. Astrol. A trine aspect. Phr. in trine.
1581N. Woodes Conflict Consc. ii. i. B iij, Now murthering Mars..With amiable tryne, apply to my beame. 1614T. Tomkis Albumazar ii iii, Coniunctions, And fortunate aspects of Trine and Sextile. 1761Brit. Mag. II. 465 The planets, with their conjunctions, oppositions, signs, circles, cycles, trines, and trigons. 1837Whewell Hist. Induct. Sc. (1857) I. 176 When she was nearly in trine, and in sextile with the sun.
3. pl. Three children (or young) at a birth; triplets.
1628–9Faversham Par. Reg. (MS.), Samuell..Elizabeth..Marie..Trines of John Juyce [and] Susan. 1706All Saints, Canterb. Par. Reg. (MS.), Jane and Mary 2 of ye trines of Wm Plummer [buried]. 1844Stephens Bk. Farm II. 610 The two lambs which constituted the trines were..taken away to relieve the ewes. 1867J. Campbell Balmerino iv. v. 325 He..baptized in the parish three times trines.
▪ II. † trine, v.1 Obs.
Also 4–5 tryne, 5 trien.
[Aphetic f. ME. atrīne-n, etrīne-n, atrine:—OE. æthrínan to touch, f. æt- at- + hrínan to touch.]
trans. To touch.
c1200Trin. Coll. Hom. 21 Whu shal þat wurðe, siððen wapman me ne trineð? 1340–70Alex. & Dind. 132 Sent was a vois sone fro heuene, Þat non trinde þe tres. 1393Langl. P. Pl. C. xxi. 87 For alle hij were vnhardy þat houede þer oþer stode, To touche hym oþer to tryne [v.rr. trien, trine, trinen, turne] hym oþer to take hym doun and graue hym. c1400St. Alexius (Trinity) 429 Ac hy ne dorste hem tryne [Laud ouer him trine].
▪ III. † trine, v.2 Obs.
Also 4–6 tryne, 5 treyne, trene; pa. tense 4 tron(e, 5 treyned, trynyd.
[Of Scand. origin: cf. OSwed. trina (pret. trān) to go, step, march, Da. trine, older trene (pret. trēn).]
intr. To go, march, step. (Chiefly in allit. verse.)
13..E.E. Allit. P. C. 101 Then he tron on þo tres & þay her tramme ruchen. a1400Morte Arth. 1757 With trompes thay trine, and trappede stedes. Ibid. 4189 Than the traytoure..Trynnys in with a trayne tresone to wirke. a1400–50Alexander 4888 He..Gas him vp be degreces to þe grete lawe, Trenes to þe topward þat touched to þe cloudis. 1560Rolland Crt. Venus i. 189 [The twa] did tryne with diueris countenance.
b. trans. with cognate obj.
13..E.E. Allit. P. A. 1112 To-warde þe þrone þay trone a tras. Ibid. B. 976 Trynande ay a hyȝe trot þat torne neuer dorsten. a1400Pistill Susan 225 But ȝit we trinet [v.r. trynyd] a trot, þat traytor to take. a1400Morte Arth. 4055 The trays of the traytoure he trynys fulle euenne.
c. apparently preserved in Rogues' Cant.
1622Fletcher Beggar's Bush iii. iii, Hig...Let the Quire Cuffin: And Herman Beck strine, and trine to the Ruffin. Clause. Now interpret this unto him. Hig...Let the Constable, Iustice, and Divell go hang. 1815Scott Guy M. xxviii, No wonder that you scour the cramp-ring, and trine to the cheat sae often. 1826― Woodst. xxxvi, We trine to the nubbing cheat to-morrow.
d. (Perh. arising from a shortening of the phrase trine to the cheats = go to the gallows, be hanged). To hang (intr. and trans.).
1567Harman Caveat 37 Their end is..hanginge, whiche they call trininge in their language. Ibid. 85, I towre [see] the strummel [straw] trine [hang] vpon thy nabchet [cap]. Ibid. 86 Tryning on the chates..hange on the gallowes. 1608Dekker Lanthorne & Candle-light B ij b, [From thence] to be Tryn'de on the Chates. 1610Rowlands Martin Mark-all E ij, If you will make a word for the Gallous, you must put thereto this word Treyning, which signifies hanging; and so Treyning Cheate is as much to say, hanging things, or the Gallous. a1700B. E. Dict. Cant. Crew, Trine, to Hang; also Tyburn. Ibid. s.v. Wap, Let her trine for a Make,..let her hang for a Half-penny.
▪ IV. trine, v.3 rare.
[f. trine a. or n.]
1. trans. To put or join in a trine aspect.
a1700Dryden Pal. & Arcite iii. 389 By fortune he [Saturn] was now to Venus trined, And with stern Mars in Capricorn was join'd. 1840Browning Sordello iv. 603 'Tis done! and now deter Who may the Tuscan—once Jove trined for her—From Friedrich's path!
2. To make a trine or triad of.
1834Tait's Mag. I. 658/1 The Isthmian now of each Eternity, Trining the has-been, being, and to-be. |