Defn: Having the right forefoot lifted, the others remaining on the ground, as if he were trotting; trippant; — said of an animal, as a hart, buck, and the like, used as a bearing.
TRIPPING
Trip"ping, n.
1. Act of one who, or that which, trips.
2. A light dance. Other trippings to be trod of lighter toes. Milton.
3. (Naut.)
Defn: The loosing of an anchor from the ground by means of its cable or buoy rope. Tripping line (Naut.), a small rope attached to the topgallant or royal yard, used to trip the yard, and in lowering it to the deck; also, a line used in letting go the anchor. Luce.
TRIPPINGLY
Trip"ping*ly, adv.
Defn: In a tripping manner; with a light, nimble, quick step; with
agility; nimbly.
Sing, and dance it trippingly. Shak.
Speak the speech . . . trippingly on the tongue. Shak.
TRIPSIS Trip"sis, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Med.) (a) Trituration. [R.] (b) Shampoo. [R.]
TRIPTOTE
Trip"tote, n. Etym: [L. triptotum, Gr. Tri-) + (Gram.)