trident
trident is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 4 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.(Rom. Antiq.) A three-pronged spear or goad, used for urging horses; also, the weapon used by one class of gladiators.
- 2.A three-pronged fish spear.
- 3.(Geom.) A curve of third order, having three infinite branches in the direction and a fourth infinite branch in the opposite direction. Trident bat (Zoöl.), an Asiatic rhinolophid bat (Triænops Persicus), having the nose membrane in the shape of a trident.
- 4.Having three teeth or prongs; tridentate.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- afloat
- brine
- cotidal
- cube
- deep
- dolphin
- great
- high
- hydrographer
- hydrographic
- hydrography
- leash
- main
- marine
- maritime
- motion
- nymph
- ocean
- oceanic
- offing
- pelagian
- pelagic
- power
- root
- salt
- sea
- seagoing
- shamrock
- ternary
- ternion
- tertiary
- third
- three
- tide
- tierce
- trefoil
- trey
- triad
- triangle
- triform
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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