Three-handed Three"-hand`ed adjective Said of games or contests where three persons play against each other, or two against one; as, a three-handed game of cards.
Three-leafed, Three-leaved Three"-leafed`, Three"-leaved` adjective (Botany) (a) Producing three leaves; as, three-leaved nightshade. (b) Consisting of three distinct leaflets; having the leaflets arranged in threes. Three-leaved nightshade .
See Trillium .
Three-lobed Three"-lobed` adjective Having three lobes. Three-lobed leaf (Botany) ,
a leaf divided into three parts, the sinuses extending not more than half way to the middle, and either the parts of the sinuses being rounded.
Three-mile Three"-mile` adjective Of or pertaining to three miles; as, the three-mile limit, or the limit of the marine belt (the three-mile belt or zone ) of three miles included in territorial waters (which see) of a state.
Three-nerved Three"-nerved` adjective Having three nerves. Three-nerved leaf (Botany) ,
a leaf having three distinct and prominent ribs, or nerves, extending from the base.
Three-parted Three"-part`ed adjective Divided into, or consisting of, three parts; tripartite. Three-parted leaf (Botany) ,
a leaf divided into three parts down to the base, but not entirely separate.
Three-pile Three"-pile` noun An old name for the finest and most costly kind of velvet, having a fine, thick pile. I have served Prince Florizel and in my time wore three- pile .
Shak.
Three-piled Three"-piled` adjective 1. Having the quality of three-pile; best; most costly. [ R.]
Thou art good velvet; thou 'rt three-piled piece.
Shak. 2. Fig.: Extravagant; exaggerated; high- flown. "
Three-piled hyperboles."
Shak. 3. Accustomed to wearing three-pile; hence, of high rank, or wealth. [ Obsolete] "
Three-piled people."
Beau. & Fl.
Three-ply Three"-ply` adjective Consisting of three distinct webs inwrought together in weaving, as cloth or carpeting; having three strands; threefold.
Three-pointed Three"-point`ed adjective (Botany) Having three acute or setigerous points; tricuspidate.
Three-port Three"-port` adjective Having three ports; specif.: Designating a type of two-cycle internal-combustion engine in which the mixture enters the crank case through a port uncovered by the piston near the end of its stroke.
Three-quarter Three"-quar`ter adjective (Paint.) Measuring thirty inches by twenty-five; -- said of portraitures. Three-quarter length ,
a portrait showing the figure to the hips only.
Three-score Three"-score` adjective Thrice twenty; sixty.
Three-sided Three"-sid`ed adjective Having three sides, especially three plane sides; as, a three-sided stem, leaf, petiole, peduncle, scape, or pericarp.
Three-square Three"-square` adjective Having a cross section in the form of an equilateral triangle; -- said especially of a kind of file.
Three-torque system of control Three"-torque` system of control (Aëronautics) Any system of rudders by which the pilot can exert a turning moment about each of the three rectangular axes of an aëroplane or airship.
Three-valved Three"-valved` adjective Consisting of, or having, three valves; opening with three valves; as, a three-valved pericarp.
Three-way Three"-way` adjective Connected with, or serving to connect, three channels or pipes; as, a three-way cock or valve.
Threefold Three"fold` adjective [ Middle English
þreofald ; confer Anglo-Saxon
þrīfeald .]
Consisting of three, or thrice repeated; triple; as, threefold justice. A threefold cord is not quickly broken.
Eccl. iv. 12.
Threepence Three"pence noun A small silver coin of three times the value of a penny. [ Eng.]
Threepenny Three"pen·ny adjective Costing or worth three pence; hence, worth but little; poor; mean.
Threne Threne noun [ Latin
threnus , Greek .... Confer
Drone .]
Lamentation; threnody; a dirge. Shak. The threns . . . of the prophet Jeremiah.
Jer. Taylor.
Threnetic, Threnetical Thre·net"ic, Thre·net"ic·al adjective [ Greek .... See
Threne .]
Pertaining to a threne; sorrowful; mournful.
Threnode Thren"ode noun A threne, or threnody; a dirge; a funeral song.
Threnodist Thren"o·dist noun One who composes, delivers, or utters, a threnode, or threnody.
Threnody Thren"o·dy noun [ Greek ...; ... a dirge + ... a song. See
Threne , and
Ode .]
A song of lamentation; a threnode. Sir T. Herbert.
Threpe Threpe transitive verb [ See
Threap .]
To call; to term. [ Obsolete] "Luna silver we
threpe ."
Chaucer.
Threpsology Threp·sol"o·gy noun [ Greek ... nourishment +
-logy .]
(Medicine) The doctrine of nutrition; a treatise on nutrition.
Thresh Thresh transitive verb & i. [
imperfect & past participle Threshed ;
present participle & verbal noun Threshing .]
Same as Thrash . He would thresh , and thereto dike and delve.
Chaucer.
Thresh-fold Thresh"-fold` noun Threshold. [ Obsolete]
Chaucer.
Thresher Thresh"er noun Same as Thrasher .
Threshold Thresh"old noun [ Middle English
threswold ,
þreshwold , Anglo-Saxon
þrescwald ,
þerscwald ,
þerscold ,
þrescold , from
þrescan ,
þerscan , to thresh; akin to Icelandic
þreskjöde ,
þröskuldr , Swedish
tröskel , Danish
tærskel . See
Thrash .]
1. The plank, stone, or piece of timber, which lies under a door, especially of a dwelling house, church, temple, or the like; the doorsill; hence, entrance; gate; door. 2. Fig.: The place or point of entering or beginning, entrance; outset; as, the threshold of life.
Threshwold Thresh"wold` noun Threshold. [ Obsolete]
Threste Threste transitive verb [
imperfect Threste ;
past participle & Threst .]
To thrust. [ Obsolete]
Chaucer.
Thretteen Thret"teen` adjective Thirteen. [ Obsolete or Scot.]
Thretty Thret"ty adjective Thirty. [ Obsolete or Scot.]
Burns.
Threw Threw imperfect of Throw .
Thribble Thrib"ble adjective Triple; treble; threefold. [ Prov. Eng. or Colloq.]
Halliwell.
Thrice Thrice adverb [ Middle English
thries ;
thrie thrice (AS.
þriga ,
þriwa ) +
- s , the adverbal suffix. See
Three , and
-wards .]
1. Three times. "
Thrice in vain."
Spenser. Verily I say unto thee. That this night, before the cock crow, thou shalt deny me thrice .
Matt. xxvi. 34. 2. In a threefold manner or degree; repeatedly; very. Thrice noble lord, let me entreat of you
To pardon me.
Shak. Thrice is he armed that hath his quarrel just.
Shak. »
Thrice is often used, generally with an intensive force, to form compounds which are usually of obvious meaning; as, in
thrice -blessed,
thrice -favored,
thrice -hallowed,
thrice -happy,
thrice -told, and the like.
Thricecock Thrice"cock` noun (Zoology) The missel thrush. [ Prov. Eng.]
Thrid Thrid adjective Third. [ Obsolete]
Chaucer.
Thrid Thrid transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Thridded ;
present participle & verbal noun Thridding .] [ A variant of
thread .]
1. To pass through in the manner of a thread or a needle; to make or find a course through; to thread. Some thrid the mazy ringlets of her hair.
Pope. And now he thrids the bramble bush.
J. R. Drake. I began
To thrid the musky-circled mazes.
Tennyson. 2. To make or effect (a way or course) through something; as, to thrid one's way through a wood.
Thrid Thrid noun Thread; continuous line. [ Archaic]
I resume the thrid of my discourse.
Dryden.
Thrifallow Thri"fal`low transitive verb See Thryfallow , and Trifallow . [ R.]
Tusser.
Thrift Thrift noun [ Icelandic
þrift . See
Thrive .]
1. A thriving state; good husbandry; economical management in regard to property; frugality. The rest, . . . willing to fall to thrift , prove very good husbands.
Spenser. 2. Success and advance in the acquisition of property; increase of worldly goods; gain; prosperity. "Your
thrift is gone full clean."
Chaucer. I have a mind presages me such thrift .
Shak. 3. Vigorous growth, as of a plant. 4. (Botany) One of several species of flowering plants of the genera Statice and Armeria . Common thrift (Botany) ,
Armeria vulgaris ; -- also called sea pink . Syn. -- Frugality; economy; prosperity; gain; profit.
Thriftily Thrift"i·ly adverb 1. In a thrifty manner. 2. Carefully; properly; becomingly. [ Obsolete]
A young clerk . . . in Latin thriftily them gret [ greeted].
Chaucer.
Thriftiness Thrift"i·ness noun The quality or state of being thrifty; thrift.
Thriftless Thrift"less adjective Without thrift; not prudent or prosperous in money affairs. --
Thrift"less*ly ,
adverb --
Thrift"less*ness ,
noun
Thrifty Thrift"y adjective [
Compar. Thriftier ;
superl. Thriftiest .]
1. Given to, or evincing, thrift; characterized by economy and good menegement of property; sparing; frugal. Her chaffer was so thrifty and so new.
Chaucer. I am glad he hath so much youth and vigor left, of which he hath not been thrifty .
Swift. 2. Thriving by industry and frugality; prosperous in the acquisition of worldly goods; increasing in wealth; as, a thrifty farmer or mechanic. 3. Growing rapidly or vigorously; thriving; as, a thrifty plant or colt. 4. Secured by thrift; well husbanded. [ R.]
I have five hundred crowns,
The thrifty hire I saved under your father.
Shak. 5. Well appearing; looking or being in good condition; becoming. [ Obsolete]
I sit at home, I have no thrifty cloth.
Chaucer. Syn. -- Frugal; sparing; economical; saving; careful.
Thrill Thrill (thrĭl)
noun [ See
Trill .]
A warbling; a trill.
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