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Triple :: Triple (a.) To make threefold, or thrice as much or as many; to treble; as, to triple the tax on coffee..

Trigeminous :: Trigeminous (a.) Born three together; being one of three born at the same birth; also, threefold..

Trebly :: Trebly (adv.) In a treble manner; with a threefold number or quantity; triply.

Oculinacea :: Oculinacea (n.pl.) A suborder of corals including many reef-building species, having round, starlike calicles..

Topsail :: Topsail (n.) In a square-rigged vessel, the sail next above the lowermost sail on a mast. This sail is the one most frequently reefed or furled in working the ship. In a fore-and-aft rigged vessel, the sail set upon and above the gaff. See Cutter, Schooner, Sail, and Ship..

Coral Fish :: Coral fish () Any bright-colored fish of the genera Chaetodon, Pomacentrus, Apogon, and related genera, which live among reef corals..

Tergeminous :: Tergeminous (a.) Threefold; thrice-paired.

Triformity :: Triformity (n.) The state of being triform, or of having a threefold shape..

Xerif :: Xerif (n.) A shereef.

Balancereef :: Balancereef (n.) The last reef in a fore-and-aft sail, taken to steady the ship..

Reefer :: Reefer (n.) One who reefs; -- a name often given to midshipmen.

Foreefront :: Foreefront (n.) Foremost part or place.

Three-ply :: Three-ply (a.) Consisting of three distinct webs inwrought together in weaving, as cloth or carpeting; having three strands; threefold..

Point :: Point (n.) A short piece of cordage used in reefing sails. See Reef point, under Reef..

Tridacna :: Tridacna (n.) A genus of very large marine bivalve shells found on the coral reefs of the Indian and Pacific Oceans. One species (T. gigas) often weighs four or five hundred pounds, and is sometimes used for baptismal fonts. Called also paw shell, and fountain shell..

Thribble :: Thribble (a.) Triple; treble; threefold.

Closereefed :: Closereefed (a.) Having all the reefs taken in; -- said of a sail.

Reef :: Reef (v. t.) That part of a sail which is taken in or let out by means of the reef points, in order to adapt the size of the sail to the force of the wind..

Reef :: Reef (n.) A large vein of auriferous quartz; -- so called in Australia. Hence, any body of rock yielding valuable ore..

Trine :: Trine (a.) Threefold; triple; as, trine dimensions, or length, breadth, and thickness..

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