Trigness

Trigness
Trigness Trig"ness, n. [See {Trig} trim, neat.] The quality or state of being trig; smartness; neatness. [1913 Webster]

Their spars had no man-of-war trigness. --Kane. [1913 Webster]


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  • trigness — See trigly. * * * …   Universalium

  • trigness — trig·ness …   English syllables

  • Beauty — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Beauty >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 beauty beauty the beautiful =></<gr/to kalon/gr >/> le beau ideal =>(Science of the perception of beauty) GRP: N Science of the perception of beauty Sgm: N Science… …   English dictionary for students

  • trig — trig1 /trig/, n. Informal. trigonometry. [by shortening] trig2 trigness, n. /trig/, adj., v., trigged, trigging. adj. Chiefly Brit. 1. neat, trim, smart, or spruce …   Universalium

  • tidiness — n neatness, trimness, orderliness, spruceness, Chiefly Brit. trigness; good trim, Inf. good shape, Inf. apple pie order; methodicalness, systematicness …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

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