v. Obs. nonce-wd. [f. as prec. + -[I]FY.] trans. To make into or arrange in a triangle or triangles.
1589. Fleming, Virg. Georg., III. 49. Vnder Septentrio (or Charles waine, seuen stars trianglifide).
App. an erroneous rendering of septem subjecta trioni (Verg., Georg., iii. 381), trioni being dat. of trio plough-ox: see SEPTENTRION.