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A kind of scepter or spear with three prongs, -- the common attribute of Neptune.

To put in the aspect of a trine. [R.] By fortune he [Saturn] was now to Venus trined. Dryden.

A fabled sea demigod, the son of Neptune and Amphitrite, and the trumpeter of Neptune. He is represented by poets and painters as having the upper part of his body like that of a man, and the lower part like that of a fish. He often has a trumpet made of a shell. Have sight of Proteus rising from the sea, Or hear old T…

d in fresh water, but after spawning many of them descend to the sea if they have an opportunity.

w confidence in a person by intrusting (him) with something. Whom, with your power and fortune, sir, you trust, Now to suspect is vain. Dryden.

To make a tumult; to be in great commotion. [Obs.] Importuning and tumulting even to the fear of a revolt. Milton.

To harass with commotion; to disquiet; to worry. [Obs.] It is her fatal misfortune . . . to be miserably tossed and turmoiled with these storms of affliction. Spenser.

or, turn the sway of battle." Milton. Thrice I deluded her, and turned to sport Her importunity. Milton. My thoughts are turned on peace. Addison.

Doubly; in twofold quantity or degree; as, twice the sum; he is twice as fortunate as his neighbor.

To vex by bringing to notice, or reminding of, a fault, defect, misfortune, or the like; to revile; to reproach; to upbraid; to taunt; as, he twitted his friend of falsehood. This these scoffers twitted the Christian with. Tillotson. Æsop minds men of their errors, without twitting them for what is amiss. L'Estrange.…

; no yet brought into life; being still to appear; future. Some unborn sorrow, ripe in fortune's womb. Shak. See future sons, and daughters yet unborn. Pope.

n; to have fortitude under the evils of life; to have patience under pain, or under misfortunes; to behave like a Christian under reproaches and injuries; under the pains and penalties of the law; the condition under which one enters upon an office; under the necessity of obeying the laws; under vows of chastity.…

Ill luck; misfortune. [Obs.] "The cause of her unhap." Sir P. Sidney.

Not happy or fortunate; unfortunate; unlucky; as, affairs have taken an unhappy turn.

Misfortune; calamity; sickness. [Obs.] Chaucer.

ot employed; especially, not used or employed for a valuable purpose; as, unimproved opportunities; unimproved blessings. Cowper.

Not lucky; not successful; unfortunate; ill-fated; unhappy; as, an unlucky man; an unlucky adventure; an unlucky throw of dice; an unlucky game.

fect disagreeably or unfavorably. [Obs.] Why do I send this rustic madrigal, That may thy tuneful ear unseason quite Spenser.

Not blessed or happy; wretched; unfortunate. [Written also unsilly.] [Obs.] Chaucer. -- Un*se"li*ness, n. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Not soncy (sonsy); not fortunate. [Scot.]