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English Dictionary: third by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
third
adv
  1. in the third place; "third we must consider unemployment"
    Synonym(s): third, thirdly
adj
  1. coming next after the second and just before the fourth in position
    Synonym(s): third, 3rd, tertiary
n
  1. one of three equal parts of a divisible whole; "it contains approximately a third of the minimum daily requirement"
    Synonym(s): one-third, third, tierce
  2. the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed near the third of the bases in the infield (counting counterclockwise from home plate); "he is playing third"
    Synonym(s): third base, third
  3. following the second position in an ordering or series; "a distant third"; "he answered the first question willingly, the second reluctantly, and the third with resentment"
  4. the musical interval between one note and another three notes away from it; "a simple harmony written in major thirds"
  5. the third from the lowest forward ratio gear in the gear box of a motor vehicle; "you shouldn't try to start in third gear"
    Synonym(s): third gear, third
  6. the base that must be touched third by a base runner in baseball; "he was cut down on a close play at third"
    Synonym(s): third base, third
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   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]:
   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.
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