A.shrill cry, scream, of the partridge, “τριγμὸν ἀφίησι” Arist.HA614a22; of some fish, τριγμοὺς ἀφιᾶσι ib.535b16; “φθέγγονται οἷον τρισμόν” Thphr. CP5.10.5 (but “τριγμόν” HP4.14.5 cod. U); “τρισμὸς μυός” Plu.Marc.5.
2. a grating, grinding, rasping, “τρισμοὶ ὀδόντων” Hp.Acut.(Sp.)6, cf. Sch.Ar.Av.1520; “τρισμοὶ πριόνων” Plu.2.654f; crepitation in bone-fractures, Zos.Alch.p.233 B.