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Triple [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. Threefold; consisting of three united; as a triple knot; a triple tie.

2. By thy triple shape as thou are seen--

3. Treble; three times repeated. [ See Treble .]

4. Triple time, in music, is that in which each bar is divided into three measures or equal parts, as three minims, three crotchets, three quavers, etc.

Triple [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

To treble; to make threefold or thrice as much or as many. [Usually written treble.]

Triple [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. Consisting of three united; multiplied by three; threefold; as, a triple knot; a triple tie.

2. Three times repeated; treble. See Treble.

3. One of three; third.

4. To make threefold, or thrice as much or as many; to treble; as, to triple the tax on coffee.

Triple-crowned [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Having three crowns; wearing the triple crown, as the pope.

Triple-headed [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Having three heads; three-headed; as, the triple-headed dog Cerberus.

Triple-tail [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

An edible fish (Lobotes Surinamensis) found in the warmer parts of all the oceans, and common on the southern and middle coasts of the United States. When living it is silvery gray, and becomes brown or blackish when dead. Its dorsal and anal fins are long, and extend back on each side of the tail. It has large silvery scales which are used in the manufacture of fancy work. Called also, locally, black perch, grouper, and flasher.

Tripled [Imperfect tense and past participle] Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Triplet [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. Three of a kind, or three united.

2. In poetry, three verses rhyming together.

3. In music, three notes sung or played in the time of two.

Triplet [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. A collection or combination of three of a kind; three united.

2. Three verses rhyming together.

3. A group of three notes sung or played in the tree of two.

4. Three children or offspring born at one birth.