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Webster 1913 Edition
Triquetrous
Tri-que′trous
,Adj.
[L.
triquetrus
.] Three sided, the sides being plane or concave; having three salient angles or edges; trigonal.
Webster 1828 Edition
Triquetrous
TRIQUE'TROUS
,Adj.
Three-sided; having three plane sides.
Definition 2024
triquetrous
triquetrous
English
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triquetrous (comparative more triquetrous, superlative most triquetrous)
- Having three corners or sides; triangular.
- 1658, Sir Thomas Browne, The Garden of Cyrus, Folio Society 2007, p. 172:
- the lithostrata or figured pavements of the ancients [...] consisted not all of square stones, but were divided into triquetrous segments, honey-combs, and sexangular figures, according to Vitruvius
- 1658, Sir Thomas Browne, The Garden of Cyrus, Folio Society 2007, p. 172:
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