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bident|ˈbaɪdənt|
[ad. L. bident-em (nom. bidens) adj. ‘having two teeth, two pronged, forked,’ n. ‘a two-pronged fork, a sheep or other animal for sacrifice whose two rows of teeth are complete,’ f. bi- two + dentem tooth.]
1. An instrument or weapon with two prongs.
1675Cotton Poet. Wks. (1765) 232 The blust'ring Aeo for his Bident. 1850Layard Nineveh v. 94 A half-moon, a bident, and a horned cap.
2. A two-year-old sheep. rare.
1881Thurn in Academy No. 491. 252 The timid bident has usurped the place of the bellower. |