trifoly
nounEtymology From Latin trifolium. See trifoliate, trefoil.
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Obsolete Melilot; sweet clover
- She vvas crovvned vvith a Chaplet of Trifoly, to expreſſe readines, and openneſſe euery vvay; […]1604 March 25 (first performance; Gregorian calendar), B[en] Jon[son], “The Pegme at Fen-church”, in B. Jon: His Part of King James His Royall and Magnificent Entertainement through His Honorable Cittie of London, Thurseday the 15. of March. 1603. […], London: […] V[alentine] S[immes] [and George Eld] for Edward Blount, published 1604, →OCLC, signature [A4], verso:
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Obsolete The plant trefoil.
- Braid moonfern now with mystic trifoly / Because once more Goito gets, once more, / Sordello to itself!1840 March, Robert Browning, “Book the Third”, in Sordello, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, page 87: