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Webster 1913 Edition
Trident
Tri′dent
(trī′dent)
, Noun.
1.
(Class Myth.)
A kind of scepter or spear with three prongs, – the common attribute of Neptune.
2.
(Rom. Antiq.)
A three-pronged spear or goad, used for urging horses; also, the weapon used by one class of gladiators.
3.
A three-pronged fish spear.
4.
(Geom.)
A curve of third order, having three infinite branches in one direction and a fourth infinite branch in the opposite direction.
Trident bat
(Zool.)
, an Asiatic rhinolophid bat (
Triaenops Persicus
), having the nose membrane in the shape of a trident.Tri′dent
,Adj.
[L.
tridens
.] Having three teeth or prongs; tridentate.
Webster 1828 Edition
Trident
TRI'DENT
,Noun.
In mythology, a kind of scepter or spear with three prongs, which the fables of antiquity put into the hands of Neptune, the deity of the ocean.