trivetn.

Brit.

/ˈtrɪvɪt/, U.S.

/ˈtrɪvᵻt/

Forms: ? Old English trefet, Middle English trevid, treued, trefet, trefett, Middle English–1500s trevette, Middle English–1800s trevet, 1500s trevyt, treyvette, trivette, tryvette, 1500s–1600s trevett, tryvet, trivett, 1600s trifet, 1600s–1800s trevit, (1800s dialect trewit), 1500s– trivet.

Etymology: Trefet occurs in a 12th cent. copy of a 10th cent. document (see below), otherwise it is not known till the 15th cent.; it appears to be this word, and to represent Latin triped-em , nominative tripēs three-footed, < tri- three + pēs , ped- foot; compare Old French trepied , tripié , trespieds , trippet n.²11.. Rec. Gifts of Adeluuold (963–84) in Birch Cart. Sax. III. 367 vi bidenfate & ii cuflas & þry trogas & lead & trefet & ix winterstellas & i fedelsswin.

a. A three-footed stand or support: = tripod n. 3, 4 Now rare except as in 1b.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > support > [noun] > that which supports > a stand or support to raise from the ground > with three legs

trivet1526

trefoot1559

three-legged staff1701

staff1728

trestle1790

tripod1825

1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection ii. sig. Kviii^v And by sayeng of their pater noster, make a treuet go rounde about the house.

1594 H. Plat Diuers Chimicall Concl. Distillation 23 in Jewell House A large Balneo, wherein you may place sixe or eight glasse bodies..each of them fastened to a leaden trivet, y^t they may stand steady in the water.

1653 H. More Antidote against Atheism in Coll. Philos. Writings (1712) ii. ii. §14 47 Who perceiving that his Iron Trevet..had three Feet and could stand expected also that it should walk.

1834 W. Beckford Italy; with Sketches Spain & Portugal I. 347 [They] shifted their trivets from cow to cow.

1888 C. M. Doughty Trav. Arabia Deserta II. 146 Abdullah made a trivet of reeds, and balancing thereupon his long matchlock..he fired.

b. spec. A stand for a pot, kettle, or other vessel placed over a fire for cooking or heating something: originally standing on three feet; now often with one or two vertical projections by which it may be secured on the top bar of a grate.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > equipment for food preparation > cooking vessel or pot > [noun] > trivet

trivet1416

gallows1512

trippet1563

gallows-tree1590

footman1767

sime1781

1416 Maldon (Essex) Court Rolls (Bundle 10, No. 3) Districtus est per 1 trevet, 1 patell. de eneo.

1480 Table Prouffytable Lernynge (Caxton) (1964) 7 The ladle of the pot about the fyre, Treuet for to sette it on.

1561 J. Hollybush tr. H. Brunschwig Most Excellent Homish Apothecarye f. 36 Put the same into a newe pot, set it by the fyre vpon a treuet.

1683 J. Moxon Mech. Exercises II. 78 This Caldron is set upon a good strong Iron Trevet.

1756 S. Hales in Philos. Trans. 1755 (Royal Soc.) 49 342 In Devonshire, they set the pans of milk on trivets, making fires under them, to give the milk..a scalding.

1838 C. Dickens Oliver Twist I. xiii. 195 He sat over the fire with a saveloy and a small loaf in his left hand..and a pewter pot on the trivet.

1875 M. Collins Sweet & Twenty i. xviii A defiant kettle sang upon a trivet.

c. Heraldry. A bearing representing the three-footed stand used in cooking, usually as viewed from above, the three feet being shown around the edge.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > representations of domestic items > [noun] > trivet

triveta1550

a1550 in S. Baring-Gould & R. Twigge Armory Western Counties (1898) 3 Arg: a trivet sab.

1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory (1905) iii. xiv. 7/2 He beareth Argent, a three square Trevett, sable.

†d. plural dialectal ( trewets, truets): see quot. 1674.

1674 J. Ray S. & E. Countrey Words in Coll. Eng. Words 77 Trewets or Truets, Pattens for Women, Suff.

e. Applied allusively to prehistoric stone structures. (See also quot. 1892 at sense 4.)

ΚΠ

a1599 E. Spenser View State Ireland 55 in J. Ware Two Hist. Ireland (1633) [These]..great stones..which some vainely terme, the ould Gyants Trevetts.

†2.

a. A three-footed vessel, as a pot, cauldron, etc.; chiefly Ancient History = tripod n. 1. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > equipment > receptacle or container > vessel > [noun] > with three feet

trivet1550

tripod?1611

tripos1624

tripus1699

1550 W. Baldwin Treat. Morall Phylos. (new ed.) i. xi. sig. D.i Certayne fyshers founde a golden trestle or triuet.

1612 North's Plutarch 1231 Pausanias..offered a triuet of gold vnto the temple of Delphes.

1676 T. Hobbes tr. Homer Iliads ix. 118 Seven fire new Trevets.

†b. = tripod n. 2. Obsolete.

ΘΠ

the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > divination through oracles > [noun] > medium or mouthpiece of the deity, oracle

oraclec1425

oraculumc1450

oratorya1522

oratoura1522

oracler1584

trivet1587

tripos1589

oraclist1603

tripod1603

presagitian1652

responsory1677

the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > divination through oracles > [noun] > oracular seat

oraclec1425

trivet1587

tripos1589

tripod1603

1587 A. Fleming et al. Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) III. 1238/1 Who suppose euerie blast of their mouth to come foorth of Trophonius den, and that they spake from the triuet.

a1641 R. Montagu Acts & Monuments (1642) iii. 205 Shee [Cumana Sibylla] composed her selfe upon a golden Trifet, and..uttered what by Inspiration was suggested to her.

3. as right as a trivet, thoroughly or perfectly right (in reference to a trivet's always standing firm on its three feet).

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > [adjective] > of health: good > healthy

wholeeOE

isoundOE

i-sundfulc1000

ferec1175

soundc1175

fish-wholea1225

forthlyc1230

steadfasta1300

wella1300

safec1300

tidya1325

halec1330

quartc1330

well-faringc1330

well-tempered1340

well-disposeda1398

wealyc1400

furnished1473

mighty?a1475

quartful?c1475

good1527

wholesomea1533

crank1548

healthful1550

healthy1552

hearty1552

healthsome1563

well-affected?1563

disposed1575

as sound as a bell1576

firm1577

well-conditioned1580

sound1605

unvaletudinary1650

all right1652

valid1652

as sound as a (alsoany) roach1655

fair-like1663

hoddy1664

wanton1674

stout?1697

trig1704

well-hained1722

sprack1747

caller1754

sane1755

finely1763

bobbish1780

cleverly1784

right1787

smart1788

fine1791

eucratic1795

nobbling1825

as right as a trivet1835

first rate1841

in fine, good, high, etc., feather1844

gay1855

sprackish1882

game ball1905

abled1946

well-toned1952

a hundred per cent1960

oke1960

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > freedom from error, correctness > exactness, accuracy, precision > [adjective]

rightOE

namely?c1225

lealc1330

very1338

truec1400

justc1425

exquisite1541

precise?a1560

jump1581

accuratea1599

nice1600

refined1607

punctual1608

press?1611

square1632

exact1645

unerring1665

proper1694

correct1705

pointed1724

prig1776

precisivea1805

as right as a trivet1835

spot on1936

1835 T. Hood Dead Robbery x ‘I'm right’, thought Bunce, ‘as any trivet’.

1837 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers xlix. 539 ‘I hope you are well, Sir.’ ‘Right as a trivet,’ replied Bob Sawyer.

1868 A. Helps Realmah (1876) ii. 24 All goes as right as a trivet.

4. attributive. Three-footed; having three feet, legs, or supports: = tripod adj. 1.

ΘΠ

the world > space > relative position > low position > [noun] > condition of being placed under > that which lies under > base on which a thing rests > foot > something with three feet

trivet1481

1481–90 Howard Househ. Bks. (1905) 45 To Tomas pewterer for..a trefet vesel iiij.d.

1700 J. Dryden tr. Ovid Baucis & Philemon in Fables 158 The Trivet-Table of a Foot was lame.

1892 H. Owen in G. Owen Descr. Penbrokeshire 254 note [They call the stone Gromlegh..There are other stones..in the Countrey adioyneinge as Legh y tribedd neere Ricordstone..] ‘The trivet (or tripod) stone’,..so called because of its three supporters.

Derivatives

ˈtrivetwise adv. in the manner of a trivet.

ΘΠ

the world > space > relative position > support > [adverb] > in a manner of specific support

trestlewise1434

trivetwise1859

bracket-wise1884

1859 R. F. Burton in Jrnl. Royal Geogr. Soc. 29 418 The fireplaces are three stones or clods, placed trivetwise upon the ground.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	trivet
释义	trivetn. Brit. /ˈtrɪvɪt/, U.S. /ˈtrɪvᵻt/ Forms: ? Old English trefet, Middle English trevid, treued, trefet, trefett, Middle English–1500s trevette, Middle English–1800s trevet, 1500s trevyt, treyvette, trivette, tryvette, 1500s–1600s trevett, tryvet, trivett, 1600s trifet, 1600s–1800s trevit, (1800s dialect trewit), 1500s– trivet. Etymology: Trefet occurs in a 12th cent. copy of a 10th cent. document (see below), otherwise it is not known till the 15th cent.; it appears to be this word, and to represent Latin triped-em , nominative tripēs three-footed, < tri- three + pēs , ped- foot; compare Old French trepied , tripié , trespieds , trippet n.²11.. Rec. Gifts of Adeluuold (963–84) in Birch Cart. Sax. III. 367 vi bidenfate & ii cuflas & þry trogas & lead & trefet & ix winterstellas & i fedelsswin. 1. a. A three-footed stand or support: = tripod n. 3, 4 Now rare except as in 1b. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > support > [noun] > that which supports > a stand or support to raise from the ground > with three legs trivet1526 trefoot1559 three-legged staff1701 staff1728 trestle1790 tripod1825 1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection ii. sig. Kviii^v And by sayeng of their pater noster, make a treuet go rounde about the house. 1594 H. Plat Diuers Chimicall Concl. Distillation 23 in Jewell House A large Balneo, wherein you may place sixe or eight glasse bodies..each of them fastened to a leaden trivet, y^t they may stand steady in the water. 1653 H. More Antidote against Atheism in Coll. Philos. Writings (1712) ii. ii. §14 47 Who perceiving that his Iron Trevet..had three Feet and could stand expected also that it should walk. 1834 W. Beckford Italy; with Sketches Spain & Portugal I. 347 [They] shifted their trivets from cow to cow. 1888 C. M. Doughty Trav. Arabia Deserta II. 146 Abdullah made a trivet of reeds, and balancing thereupon his long matchlock..he fired. b. spec. A stand for a pot, kettle, or other vessel placed over a fire for cooking or heating something: originally standing on three feet; now often with one or two vertical projections by which it may be secured on the top bar of a grate. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > equipment for food preparation > cooking vessel or pot > [noun] > trivet trivet1416 gallows1512 trippet1563 gallows-tree1590 footman1767 sime1781 1416 Maldon (Essex) Court Rolls (Bundle 10, No. 3) Districtus est per 1 trevet, 1 patell. de eneo. 1480 Table Prouffytable Lernynge (Caxton) (1964) 7 The ladle of the pot about the fyre, Treuet for to sette it on. 1561 J. Hollybush tr. H. Brunschwig Most Excellent Homish Apothecarye f. 36 Put the same into a newe pot, set it by the fyre vpon a treuet. 1683 J. Moxon Mech. Exercises II. 78 This Caldron is set upon a good strong Iron Trevet. 1756 S. Hales in Philos. Trans. 1755 (Royal Soc.) 49 342 In Devonshire, they set the pans of milk on trivets, making fires under them, to give the milk..a scalding. 1838 C. Dickens Oliver Twist I. xiii. 195 He sat over the fire with a saveloy and a small loaf in his left hand..and a pewter pot on the trivet. 1875 M. Collins Sweet & Twenty i. xviii A defiant kettle sang upon a trivet. c. Heraldry. A bearing representing the three-footed stand used in cooking, usually as viewed from above, the three feet being shown around the edge. ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > representations of domestic items > [noun] > trivet triveta1550 a1550 in S. Baring-Gould & R. Twigge Armory Western Counties (1898) 3 Arg: a trivet sab. 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory (1905) iii. xiv. 7/2 He beareth Argent, a three square Trevett, sable. †d. plural dialectal ( trewets, truets): see quot. 1674. Π 1674 J. Ray S. & E. Countrey Words in Coll. Eng. Words 77 Trewets or Truets, Pattens for Women, Suff. e. Applied allusively to prehistoric stone structures. (See also quot. 1892 at sense 4.) ΚΠ a1599 E. Spenser View State Ireland 55 in J. Ware Two Hist. Ireland (1633) [These]..great stones..which some vainely terme, the ould Gyants Trevetts. †2. a. A three-footed vessel, as a pot, cauldron, etc.; chiefly Ancient History = tripod n. 1. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > receptacle or container > vessel > [noun] > with three feet trivet1550 tripod?1611 tripos1624 tripus1699 1550 W. Baldwin Treat. Morall Phylos. (new ed.) i. xi. sig. D.i Certayne fyshers founde a golden trestle or triuet. 1612 North's Plutarch 1231 Pausanias..offered a triuet of gold vnto the temple of Delphes. 1676 T. Hobbes tr. Homer Iliads ix. 118 Seven fire new Trevets. †b. = tripod n. 2. Obsolete. ΘΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > divination through oracles > [noun] > medium or mouthpiece of the deity, oracle oraclec1425 oraculumc1450 oratorya1522 oratoura1522 oracler1584 trivet1587 tripos1589 oraclist1603 tripod1603 presagitian1652 responsory1677 the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > divination through oracles > [noun] > oracular seat oraclec1425 trivet1587 tripos1589 tripod1603 1587 A. Fleming et al. Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) III. 1238/1 Who suppose euerie blast of their mouth to come foorth of Trophonius den, and that they spake from the triuet. a1641 R. Montagu Acts & Monuments (1642) iii. 205 Shee [Cumana Sibylla] composed her selfe upon a golden Trifet, and..uttered what by Inspiration was suggested to her. 3. as right as a trivet, thoroughly or perfectly right (in reference to a trivet's always standing firm on its three feet). ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > [adjective] > of health: good > healthy wholeeOE isoundOE i-sundfulc1000 ferec1175 soundc1175 fish-wholea1225 forthlyc1230 steadfasta1300 wella1300 safec1300 tidya1325 halec1330 quartc1330 well-faringc1330 well-tempered1340 well-disposeda1398 wealyc1400 furnished1473 mighty?a1475 quartful?c1475 good1527 wholesomea1533 crank1548 healthful1550 healthy1552 hearty1552 healthsome1563 well-affected?1563 disposed1575 as sound as a bell1576 firm1577 well-conditioned1580 sound1605 unvaletudinary1650 all right1652 valid1652 as sound as a (alsoany) roach1655 fair-like1663 hoddy1664 wanton1674 stout?1697 trig1704 well-hained1722 sprack1747 caller1754 sane1755 finely1763 bobbish1780 cleverly1784 right1787 smart1788 fine1791 eucratic1795 nobbling1825 as right as a trivet1835 first rate1841 in fine, good, high, etc., feather1844 gay1855 sprackish1882 game ball1905 abled1946 well-toned1952 a hundred per cent1960 oke1960 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > freedom from error, correctness > exactness, accuracy, precision > [adjective] rightOE namely?c1225 lealc1330 very1338 truec1400 justc1425 exquisite1541 precise?a1560 jump1581 accuratea1599 nice1600 refined1607 punctual1608 press?1611 square1632 exact1645 unerring1665 proper1694 correct1705 pointed1724 prig1776 precisivea1805 as right as a trivet1835 spot on1936 1835 T. Hood Dead Robbery x ‘I'm right’, thought Bunce, ‘as any trivet’. 1837 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers xlix. 539 ‘I hope you are well, Sir.’ ‘Right as a trivet,’ replied Bob Sawyer. 1868 A. Helps Realmah (1876) ii. 24 All goes as right as a trivet. 4. attributive. Three-footed; having three feet, legs, or supports: = tripod adj. 1. ΘΠ the world > space > relative position > low position > [noun] > condition of being placed under > that which lies under > base on which a thing rests > foot > something with three feet trivet1481 1481–90 Howard Househ. Bks. (1905) 45 To Tomas pewterer for..a trefet vesel iiij.d. 1700 J. Dryden tr. Ovid Baucis & Philemon in Fables 158 The Trivet-Table of a Foot was lame. 1892 H. Owen in G. Owen Descr. Penbrokeshire 254 note [They call the stone Gromlegh..There are other stones..in the Countrey adioyneinge as Legh y tribedd neere Ricordstone..] ‘The trivet (or tripod) stone’,..so called because of its three supporters. Derivatives ˈtrivetwise adv. in the manner of a trivet. ΘΠ the world > space > relative position > support > [adverb] > in a manner of specific support trestlewise1434 trivetwise1859 bracket-wise1884 1859 R. F. Burton in Jrnl. Royal Geogr. Soc. 29 418 The fireplaces are three stones or clods, placed trivetwise upon the ground. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1416
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