It is sometimes designated by the term trefoil, three leaved. From Wordnik.com. [Report of the North-Carolina Geological Survey. Agriculture of the Eastern Counties: Together with Descriptions of the Fossils of the Marl Beds] Reference
Friedman combined these by twisting wire to form the simplest knot there is - an overhand knot mathematicians call a trefoil - and then dipping it into soapy water. From Wordnik.com. [Science News / Features, Blog Entries, Column Entries, Issues, News Items and Book Reviews] Reference
Overhead, a trefoil canopy pinacled and crocketed. From Wordnik.com. [Bell's Cathedrals: The Priory Church of St. Bartholomew-the-Great, Smithfield A Short History of the Foundation and a Description of the Fabric and also of the Church of St. Bartholomew-the-Less] Reference
The trefoil leaf of fabled Avendesora, the Tree of Life. From Wordnik.com. [The Great Hunt]
A conventional trefoil is figured on our coins, both Irish and. From Wordnik.com. [Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure] Reference
In this country we possess about twenty species of the trefoil, or. From Wordnik.com. [Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure] Reference
This time, however, a radiation trefoil had been added to the door. From Wordnik.com. [Hellfire]
Later period -- Geometrical trefoil and circular tracery in windows. From Wordnik.com. [Wanderings in Wessex An Exploration of the Southern Realm from Itchen to Otter] Reference
The tympanum of the large arch is pierced with a quatrefoil or trefoil. From Wordnik.com. [Scottish Cathedrals and Abbeys] Reference
Lord Bacon observes, that the trefoil has its stalk more erect against rain. From Wordnik.com. [The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 19, No. 549 (Supplementary number)] Reference
However, Autaritus recognised a shield shaped like a trefoil on his left arm. From Wordnik.com. [Salammbo] Reference
The simple trefoil aperture seems a fair architectural version of the clover-leaves. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 45, July, 1861] Reference
The base of the monument has seven trefoil niches, within as many plain-pointed ones. From Wordnik.com. [The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 13, No. 364, April 4, 1829] Reference
"Avendesora," Moiraine murmured, resting her hand on a trefoil leaf in the stonework. From Wordnik.com. [The Eye of the World]
Behind the canopy is a screen, divided into open panels of three trefoil-headed lights. From Wordnik.com. [Bell's Cathedrals: Southwark Cathedral Formerly the Collegiate Church of St. Saviour, Otherwise St. Mary Overie. A Short History and Description of the Fabric, with Some Account of the College and the See] Reference
On each side of the lower part of these windows is a trefoil-headed niche containing a figure. From Wordnik.com. [The Cathedral Church of Peterborough A Description Of Its Fabric And A Brief History Of The Episcopal See] Reference
Its inner trefoil arch is of a form very uncommon in this country, but more usual on the Continent. From Wordnik.com. [Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Rochester A Description of its Fabric and a Brief History of the Episcopal See] Reference
It is of trefoil arches, deeply and richly moulded, supported on marble columns carved with foliage. From Wordnik.com. [Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Durham A Description of Its Fabric and A Brief History of the Espiscopal See] Reference
Sour trefoil, Cuckoo's bread, or Gowk's-meat, and Stubwort (from growing about the stubs of hewn trees). From Wordnik.com. [Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure] Reference
The arch over it is a moulded trefoil arch, surmounted by a plain canopy of very simple and formal design. From Wordnik.com. [Bell's Cathedrals: The Abbey Church of Tewkesbury with some Account of the Priory Church of Deerhurst Gloucestershire] Reference
The upper aisle window here is of three lights, with a large pointed trefoil above them instead of tracery. From Wordnik.com. [The Cathedral Church of Peterborough A Description Of Its Fabric And A Brief History Of The Episcopal See] Reference
The clerestory shafts are of trefoil section; the arches are all pointed, and contain first pointed mouldings. From Wordnik.com. [Scottish Cathedrals and Abbeys] Reference
In the former Lancastrian regions it had no pendant, except a plain or jewelled ring, usually of the trefoil form. From Wordnik.com. [Notes and Queries, Number 51, October 19, 1850] Reference
This one, opposite the entrance on the east side, has a trefoil-shaped arch over the door, thus giving it this shape. From Wordnik.com. [The Prehistoric World; or, Vanished races] Reference
The circle of the central pediment is divided by mullions into eight lights, under trefoil arches radiating from an orb. From Wordnik.com. [The New Guide to Peterborough Cathedral] Reference
In the north wall there is a square aumbry, and in the south wall a large piscina, with trefoil head and projecting basin. From Wordnik.com. [Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Ripon A Short History of the Church and a Description of Its Fabric] Reference
The windows on the south side of the clerestory are without the trefoil which ornaments the base of those on the north side. From Wordnik.com. [Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Carlisle A Description of Its Fabric and A Brief History of the Episcopal See] Reference
A considerable quantity of clover or trefoil on this lake; and at the eastern end on the flooded flat, grass but not abundant. From Wordnik.com. [McKinlay's Journal of Exploration in the Interior of Australia] Reference
Characteristic shapes: pear-shaped aryballoi, and lekythi with conical body, long neck, and trefoil lip (III, Figs. 24 and 25). From Wordnik.com. [How to Observe in Archaeology] Reference
In this doorway the innermost arch is of unusual form -- a trefoil resting on corbels -- and its edges are left square and plain. From Wordnik.com. [Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Ripon A Short History of the Church and a Description of Its Fabric] Reference
Between each of these figures are painted blank trefoil niches; and below the whole, on a plain tablet, the following inscription. From Wordnik.com. [The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 13, No. 364, April 4, 1829] Reference
The envelope is made up of three longitudinal lobes, one above and two below, which when viewed end on gives it a trefoil appearance. From Wordnik.com. [British Airships, Past, Present, and Future] Reference
In one spot, where water runs over the surface, it is delightfully green and velvety, covered with short grass and trefoil, Carex, etc. From Wordnik.com. [Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries] Reference
Each bay consists of a lancet-headed trefoil, supported by octagonal pillars, with moulded capitals and bases ... total height 2ft. 9in. From Wordnik.com. [Records of Woodhall Spa and Neighbourhood Historical, Anecdotal, Physiographical, and Archaeological, with Other Matter] Reference
The trefoil, changed into a figure composed of three winged feet radiating from a center, represented the swiftness of the sun's journey. From Wordnik.com. [The Book of Hallowe'en] Reference
Well, that was certainly a great deal, but after all, the crowsfoot was of no use without the trefoil, and there was so little time left. From Wordnik.com. [The Lilac Fairy Book] Reference
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