If set on the ground when full, they would stand up for a while, but as they soon softened and fell down, they were usually hung up by the bail on a little tripod.

The orifice or vent-hole of the cave was covered with a tripod consecrated to Apollo, on which the priestesses, called Pythonesses, sat, to fill themselves with the prophetic vapour, and to conceive the spirit of divination, with the fervor that made them know futurity, and foretel it in Greek hexameters.

A single tent-pole, supported upon a hinged tripod of iron, sustains the structure.

It is defined in the dictionaries as an ornamental table, with a folding top, containing caddies for holding tea, but in India, where it is in much more general use than it is in England, it signifies simply a light tripod table and almost certainly comes from "teenpai" (three-foot), corresponding to another common word, "charpai" (four-foot), which means a native bedstead.

Lost in deep thought, and gently tapping her snuffbox as she musedthe tripod of her inspiration, as it seemedMadame Grambeau sat silently, with what memories of the past and what insight into the future none can know save those like herself grown hoary with wisdom and experience.

Fitting the bands of cartridges as he had seen the gunners do, he turned the crank and swung it round on its revolving tripod.

What a description of labouring nonsenseof the Pythonic genius of absurdity, panting and heaving on his solemnly ridiculous tripod!

What a description of labouring nonsenseof the Pythonic genius of absurdity, panting and heaving on his solemnly ridiculous tripod!

Thus it is hardly too much to say that designs were governed by the politics and philosophy of the day; and one finds in furniture of this period the reproduction of ancient Greek forms for chairs and couches; ladies' work tables are fashioned somewhat after the old drawings of sacrificial altars; and the classical tripod is a favourite support.

Spread tripod on the ground where the center of tent is to be, if tripod is used.