Definition of Tribble

1. n. A frame on which paper is dried.

Definition of Tribble

1. Noun. A horizontal frame with wires stretched across it for drying paper. ¹

2. Noun. A fictional alien creature in ''Star Trek'', a cooing ball of fur. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Tribble

1. a frame for drying paper [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Tribble

tribalize
tribalized
tribalizes
tribalizing
tribally
tribals
tribar
tribasic
tribasic acid
tribasic calcium phosphate
tribasic magnesium phosphate
tribasic sodium phosphate
tribasilar
tribasilar synostosis
tribble (current term)
tribbles
tribe
tribe Bambuseae
tribe Bovini
tribe Bubalus
tribe synercus
tribelet
tribelets
tribelike
tribes
tribesman
tribesmen
tribespeople
tribespeoples

Literary usage of Tribble

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Baptist Biography edited by Balus Joseph Winzer Graham (1917)
"Mr. Robert Hall tribble, the subject of this sketch, is a merchant, ... Mr. tribble is the son of the late Rev. AK tribble, a pioneer preacher, ..."

2. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1919)
"Judge Bleckley In tribble v. Anderson, 63 Ga. 56. [2] 2. It is well settled that where a promissory note Is Infected with usury of which the surety had no ..."

3. The American Decisions: Containing All the Cases of General Value and by John Proffatt, Abraham Clark Freeman (1886)
"88,' this court decided, upon similar facts, tbat tribble must be presumed to havo ... In tbat case, tribble arid bis son bad entered iu May, 1822, ..."

4. A History of Kentucky and Kentuckians: The Leaders and Representative Men in by E. Polk Johnson, Lewis Publishing Company (1912)
"The old homestead was built by Alexander tribble about the year 1835 and is an ... Mr. tribble was of the same family as Nancy tribble, great-grandmother of ..."

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