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Definition of Tripolis

Tripoli
Rotten Rot"ten, a. [Icel. rotinn; akin to Sw. rutten, Dan. radden. See Rot.] Having rotted; putrid; decayed; as, a rotten apple; rotten meat. Hence: (a) Offensive to the smell; fetid; disgusting. You common cry of curs! whose breath I hate As reek of the rotten fens. --Shak. (b) Not firm or trusty; unsound; defective; treacherous; unsafe; as, a rotten plank, bone, stone. ``The deepness of the rotten way.' --Knolles. Rotten borough. See under Borough. Rotten stone (Min.), a soft stone, called also Tripoli (from the country from which it was formerly brought), used in all sorts of finer grinding and polishing in the arts, and for cleaning metallic substances. The name is also given to other friable siliceous stones applied to like uses. Syn: Putrefied; decayed; carious; defective; unsound; corrupt; deceitful; treacherous. -- Rot"ten*ly, adv. -- Rot"ten*ness, n.
Tripoli
Tripoli Trip"o*li, n. (Min.) An earthy substance originally brought from Tripoli, used in polishing stones and metals. It consists almost wholly of the siliceous shells of diatoms.

Meaning of Tripolis from wikipedia

- Asteras Tripolis was reformed under the name "Neos Asteras" and was accordingly recognised by Tripoli's courts on 23 June 1947. Asteras Tripolis won five...
- meaning "three cities") may refer to: Tripolis (region of Arcadia), a district in ancient Arcadia, Greece Tripolis (Larisaia), an ancient Gr**** city in...
- School Tripoli Lycée Français de Tripoli Deutsche Schule Tripolis Scuola Italiana Al Maziri Russian Emb****y School in Tripoli British School Tripoli American...
- Tripoli (Gr****: Τρίπολη, romanized: Trípoli; Katharevousa: Τρίπολις, romanized: Trípolis) is a city in the central part of the Peloponnese, in Greece....
- 615134°N 22.554874°E / 39.615134; 22.554874 Tripolis (Ancient Gr****: Τρίπολις, lit. 'three cities') or Tripolis Larisaia (Τρίπολις Λαρισαῖα), also called...
- Tripolis (Gr****: Τρίπολις; meaning "three cities") was a district in ancient Perrhaebia, Thessaly, Greece, containing the three cities of Azorus, Pythion...
- others. The history of Tripoli dates back at least to the 14th century BC. It was called Athar by the Phoenicians, and later Tripolis by the Gr**** settlers...
- Tripolis on the Meander (Gr****: Τρίπολις, Eth. Gr****: Τριπολίτης, Latin: Tripolis ad Maeandrum) – also Neapolis (Gr****: Νεάπολις), Apollonia (Gr****: Απολλωνία)...
- ed. (1854–1857). "Tripolis". Dictionary of Gr**** and Roman Geography. London: John Murray. Hazlitt, classical Gazetteer, "Tripolis" 41°00′09″N 38°49′10″E...
- Tripolis (Gr****: Τρίπολις; meaning "three cities") was a district in ancient Laconia, Greece, southeast of Megalopolis, comprising the three cities of...