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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

- meaning "three cities") may refer to: Tripolis (region of Arcadia), a district in ancient Arcadia, Greece Tripolis (Larisaia), an ancient Gr**** city in...
- Asteras Tripolis Football Club (Gr****: ΠΑΕ Αστέρας Τρίπολης), commonly referred to as Asteras Tripolis (meaning "Star of Tripoli"), is a Gr**** professional...
- Tripoli (Gr****: Τρίπολη, Trípoli, Katharevousa Τρίπολις, Trípolis) is a city in the central part of the Peloponnese, in Greece. It is the capital of the...
- School Tripoli Lycée Français de Tripoli Deutsche Schule Tripolis Scuola Italiana Al Maziri Russian Emb****y School in Tripoli British School Tripoli American...
- 615134°N 22.554874°E / 39.615134; 22.554874 Tripolis (Ancient Gr****: Τρίπολις, lit. 'three cities') or Tripolis Larisaia (Τρίπολις Λαρισαῖα), also called...
- Tripoli Campaign may refer to: Barbary Wars, in which the US, Sweden and Sicily fought against Tripoli, Algiers, Tunis and Morocco Italo-Turkish War#Opening...
- others. The history of Tripoli dates back at least to the 14th century BCE. It was called Athar by the Phoenicians, and later Tripolis by the Gr**** settlers...
- The University of Tripoli (UOT) (Arabic: جامعة طرابلس), is the largest university in Libya and is located in the capital city of Tripoli. It was founded...
- Tripoli Eyalet (Ottoman Turkish: ایالت طرابلس شام, romanized: Eyālet-i Ṭrāblus-ı Şām; Arabic: طرابلس الشام) was an eyalet of the Ottoman Empire. The capital...
- Pasha of Tripoli was a title that was held by many rulers of Tripoli in Ottoman Tripolitania. The Ottoman Empire ruled the territory for most time from...