TRI'DENT, noun [Latin tridens; tres, three, and dens, tooth.]
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.
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Webster's Dictionary 1828
American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.