Cyclops
Webster's Dictionary [1]
(1): (n. sing. & pl.) A portable forge, used by tinkers, etc.
(2): (n. sing. & pl.) A genus of minute Entomostraca, found both in fresh and salt water. See Copepoda.
(3): (n. sing. & pl.) One of a race of giants, sons of Neptune and Amphitrite, having but one eye, and that in the middle of the forehead. They were fabled to inhabit Sicily, and to assist in the workshops of Vulcan, under Mt. Etna.
The Nuttall Encyclopedia [2]
A name given to three distinct classes of mythological beings: a set of one-eyed savage giants infesting the coasts of Sicily and preying upon human flesh; a set of Titans, also one-eyed, belonging to the race of the gods, three in number, viz., Brontes, Steropes, and Arges—three great elemental powers of nature, subjected by and subject to Zeus; and a people of Thrace, famed for their skill in building.
