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Webster 1913 Edition
Three
Three
(thrē)
, Adj.
[OE. ,
þre
, þreo
, þri
, AS. þrī
, masc., þreó
, fem. and neut.; akin to OFries. thre
, OS. thria
, threa
, D. drie
, G. drei
, OHG. drī
, Icel. þrīr
, Dan. & Sw. tre
, Goth. þreis
, Lith. trys
, Ir., Gael. & W. tri
, Russ. tri
, L. tres
, Gr. τρεῖς
, Skr. tri
. √301. Cf. 3d Drilling
, Tern
, Adj.
Third
, Thirteen
, Thirty
, Tierce
, Trey
, Tri-
, Triad
, Trinity
, Tripod
.] One more than two; two and one.
“I offer thee three things.” 2 Sam. xxiv. 12.
Three
solemn aisles approach the shrine. Keble.
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Three
is often joined with other words, forming compounds signifying divided into, composed of, or containing, three parts, portions, organs, or the like; as, three
-branched, three
-capsuled, three
-celled, three
-cleft, three
-edged, three
-foot, three
-footed, three
-forked, three
-grained, three
-headed, three
-legged, three
-mouthed, three
-nooked, three
-petaled, three
-pronged, three
-ribbed, three
-seeded, three
-stringed, three
-toed, and the like. Three
,Noun.
1.
The number greater by a unit than two; three units or objects.
Webster 1828 Edition
Three
THREE
,Adj.
1.
Two and one. I offer thee three things. 2 Sam. 24.
2.
It is often used like other adjectives, without the noun to which it refers. Abishai--attained not to the first three. 2 Sam.23.
3.
Proverbially, a small number. Away, thou three-inched fool. [I believe obsolete.]