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Morpheus (sh) and trefoil (iou)


Morpheus (sh)




In Greek and Roman mythology, the god of dreams.

He was one of the sons of Hypnos (Somnus), god of sleep. Morpheus sent human shapes of all kinds to the dreamer, while his brothers Phobetor and Phantasus sent the forms of animals and inanimate objects.


trefoil (iou)



trefoil noun & adjective. ME.
[Anglo-Norman trifoil from Latin trifolium (whence Old French trefeuil), formed as TRI- + folium leaf, FOIL noun1.]
A. noun.
Any of various mainly leguminous plants, esp. clovers (genus Trifolium), having leaves composed of three leaflets; esp. any of several small yellow-flowered plants of this kind. ME.
bean trefoil, bird's-foot trefoil, hop trefoil, tick-trefoil, etc.
An ornamental figure representing or resembling a trifoliate leaf, spec. (Architecture) in a tracery window; gen. a thing arranged in or having three lobes, a set or group of three. ME.
b. Heraldry. A charge representing a clover-leaf with its stalk. M16.
b. adjective. Consisting of three leaflets or lobes, trifoliate; having the shape of a trefoil, decorated with a trefoil or trefoils. M18.
trefoiled adjective = TREFOIL adjective LME.
trefoliated adjective = TRIFOLIATE M19.