Noah Webster's New International Dictionary of the English Language

1. (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Trip.

2. (a.) Quick; nimble; stepping lightly and quickly.

3. (a.) Having the right forefoot lifted, the others remaining on the ground, as if he were trotting; trippant; -- said of an animal, as a hart, buck, and the like, used as a bearing.

4. (n.) Act of one who, or that which, trips.

5. (n.) A light dance.

6. (n.) The loosing of an anchor from the ground by means of its cable or buoy rope.