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De - Pt| English Dictionary: [third] | by the DICT Development Group |
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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Third \Third\ (th[etil]rd), a. [OE. thirde, AS. [thorn]ridda, fr. [thorn]r[c6], [thorn]re[a2], three; akin to D. derde third, G. dritte, Icel. [thorn]ri[edh]i, Goth. [thorn]ridja, L. tertius, Gr. tri`tos, Skr. t[rsdot]t[c6]ya. See {Three}, and cf. {Riding} a jurisdiction, {Tierce}.] 1. Next after the second; coming after two others; -- the ordinal of three; as, the third hour in the day. [bd]The third night.[b8] --Chaucer. 2. Constituting or being one of three equal parts into which anything is divided; as, the third part of a day. {Third estate}. (a) In England, the commons, or the commonalty, who are represented in Parliament by the House of Commons. (b) In France, the tiers [82]tat. See {Tiers [82]tat}. {Third order} (R. C. Ch.), an order attached to a monastic order, and comprising men and women devoted to a rule of pious living, called the third rule, by a simple vow if they remain seculars, and by more solemn vows if they become regulars. See {Tertiary}, n., 1. {Third person} (Gram.), the person spoken of. See {Person}, n., 7. {Third sound}. (Mus.) See {Third}, n., 3. | |
| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Third \Third\, n. 1. The quotient of a unit divided by three; one of three equal parts into which anything is divided. 2. The sixtieth part of a second of time. 3. (Mus.) The third tone of the scale; the mediant. 4. pl. (Law) The third part of the estate of a deceased husband, which, by some local laws, the widow is entitled to enjoy during her life. {Major third} (Mus.), an interval of two tones. {Minor third} (Mus.), an interval of a tone and a half. | |
