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Meaning of TRISKELION

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Tris*kel"i*on\, or Triskele \Tris"kele\, n. [Gr. ?
three-legged. See {Tri-}; {Isosceles}.]
A figure composed of three branches, usually curved,
radiating from a center, as the figure composed of three
human legs, with bent knees, which has long been used as a
badge or symbol of Sicily and of the Isle of Man.
 
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