n (obsolete|rare|in the|_|history|_|of Cambridge University|capitalised when used as a title) A Bachelor of Arts appointed to make satiricalstrictures in humorous dispute with the candidates at a degree-awarding ceremony; tripos, prævaricator.
n (obsolete|rare|Greek|and|Roman|_|antiquities) A vessel (usually a pot or cauldron) resting on three legs, often given as an ornament, a prize, or as an offering at a shrine to a god or oracle; often specifically, that such vessel upon which the priestess sat to deliver her oracles at the shrine to Apollo at Delphi; tripod.