TRIBAL
Trib"al, a.
Defn: Of or pertaining to a tribe or tribes; as, a tribal scepter.
Bp. Warburton.
TRIBALISM
Trib"al*ism, n.
Defn: The state of existing in tribes; also, tribal feeling; tribal prejudice or exclusiveness; tribal peculiarities or characteristics.
TRIBASIC
Tri*ba"sic, a. Etym: [Pref. tri- + basic.] (Chem.)
Defn: Capable of neutralizing three molecules of a monacid base, or their equivalent; having three hydrogen atoms capable of replacement by basic elements on radicals; — said of certain acids; thus, citric acid is a tribasic acid.
TRIBBLE
Trib"ble, n. (Paper Manuf.)
Defn: A frame on which paper is dried. Knight.
TRIBE Tribe, n. Etym: [L. tribus, originally, a third part of the Roman people, afterwards, a division of the people, a tribe; of uncertain origin: cf. F. tribu.]
1. A family, race, or series of generations, descending from the same progenitor, and kept distinct, as in the case of the twelve tribes of Israel, descended from the twelve sons of Jacob. "The Lion of the tribe of Juda." Rev. v. 5. A wealthy Hebrew of my tribe. Shak.