/ · 1894 Brewer’s · A · Amphitrite (either 3 or 4 syl.)
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The sea. In classic mythology, the wife of Neptune (Greek, amphi-trio for tribo, rubbing or wearing away [the shore] on all sides).
“His weary chariot sought the bowers
Of Amphitritë and her tending nymphs.”
Thomson: Summer. (1625–6).
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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.
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