6. To rebuke; to reprove; also, to beat. [Colloq.] To trim in
(Carp.), to fit, as a piece of timber, into other work.
— To trim up, to dress; to put in order.
I found her trimming up the diadem On her dead mistress. Shak.
TRIM
Trim, v. i.
Defn: To balance; to fluctuate between parties, so as to appear to favor each.
TRIM
Trim, n.
1. Dress; gear; ornaments. Seeing him just pass the window in his woodland trim. Sir W. Scott.
2. Order; disposition; condition; as, to be in good trim. " The trim of an encounter." Chapman.
3. The state of a ship or her cargo, ballast, masts, etc., by which she is well prepared for sailing.
4. (Arch)
Defn: The lighter woodwork in the interior of a building; especially, that used around openings, generally in the form of a molded architrave, to protect the plastering at those points. In ballast trim (Naut.), having only ballast on board. R. H. Dana, Jr. — Trim of the masts (Naut.), their position in regard to the ship and to each other, as near or distant, far forward or much aft, erect or raking. — Trim of sails (Naut.), that adjustment, with reference to the wind, witch is best adapted to impel the ship forward.
TRIM
Trim, a. [Compar. Trimmer; superl. Trimmest.] Etym: [See Trim, v. t.]