THREE
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Three (thr&ē;), a. [OE. þre, þreo, þri, AS. þr&ī;, masc., þreó, fem. and neut.; akin to OFries. thre, OS. thria, threa, D. drie, G. drei, OHG. dr&ī;, Icel. þr&ī;r, Dan. & Sw. tre, Goth. þreis, Lith. trys, Ir., Gael. & W. tri, Russ. tri, L. tres, Gr. trei^s, Skr. tri. √301. Cf. 3d Drilling, Tern, a., 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.
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Three solemn aisles approach the shrine.
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&hand_; 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.
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Three, n. 1. The number greater by a unit than two; three units or objects.
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2. A symbol representing three units, as 3 or iii.
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Rule of three. (Arith.) See under Rule, n.
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