Available Definitions:
1) a. - Quick; nimble; stepping lightly and quickly.
2) 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.
3) n. - Act of one who, or that which, trips.
4) n. - A light dance.
5) n. - The loosing of an anchor from the ground by means of its cable or buoy rope.
6) v. t. - Fig.: To overthrow by depriving of support; to put an obstacle in the way of; to obstruct; to cause to fail.
7) v. t. - To detect in a misstep; to catch; to convict.
8) v. t. - To raise (an anchor) from the bottom, by its cable or buoy rope, so that it hangs free.
9) v. t. - To pull (a yard) into a perpendicular position for lowering it.
10) v. t. - To release, let fall, or see free, as a weight or compressed spring, as by removing a latch or detent.
11) n. - A quick, light step; a lively movement of the feet; a skip.
12) n. - A brief or rapid journey; an excursion or jaunt.
13) n. - A false step; a stumble; a misstep; a loss of footing or balance. Fig.: An error; a failure; a mistake.
14) n. - A small piece; a morsel; a bit.
15) n. - A stroke, or catch, by which a wrestler causes his antagonist to lose footing.
16) n. - A single board, or tack, in plying, or beating, to windward.
17) n. - A herd or flock, as of sheep, goats, etc.
18) n. - A troop of men; a host.
19) n. - A flock of widgeons.