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Webster 1913 Edition

Tribrach

Tri′brach

,

Noun.

[L.

tribrachys

, Gr. [GREEK] consisting of three short syllables; [GREEK] (see

) + [GREEK] short.]

(Gr. & L. Pros.)

A poetic foot of three short syllables,

as,

mêlîûs

.

Webster 1828 Edition

Tribrach

TRI'BRACH

,

Noun.

[Gr. three, and short.] In ancient prosody, a poetic foot of three short syllables, as melius.