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threeadj.n. Etymology: Old English þrí (þríe), þrío, þréo, Common Germanic and Indo-European; = Old Frisian thre (masculine), thria (feminine), thriu, thria (neuter); Old Saxon thrie (thria, threa) masculine, threa (feminine), thrua (thriu, thria) neuter (Middle Low German, Low German drê, dru neuter, Middle Dutch, Dutch drie); Old High German drî, drio, driu (Middle High German drî(e, German drei); Old Norse þrír, þrjár, þrjú (Norwegian, Swedish, Danish tre); Gothic *þreis, þrija; < Old Germanic *þrîz ( < *þrijiz), *þrijā < Indo-European treies, treja. Compare Sanskrit trayas, Avestan θri, Greek τρεῖς, τρία, Latin trēs, tria, Lithuanian trýs, Old Church Slavonic trije, trije, Irish and Welsh tri. The masculine has the form of a plural -i stem. The cardinal numeral next after two, represented by the symbols 3 or iii. A. adj. 1. the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > three > [adjective] 803 [see α. forms]. c1175 11 Nu weren þas þreo laȝe ȝe-writen inne þa oðre table breode sunderlipes. a1325 (c1250) (1968) l. 557 Noe and hise ðre sunen. a1400 (a1325) (Vesp.) l. 182 (MED) Fiue thossand men..he Fedd wyt fiue laues and fisses thre. c1412 T. Hoccleve 1801 Of thre conclusions moot I cheese one: Or begge, or stele, or sterue. c1460 Wisdom 293 in 45 Ye haue iij enmyes:..The worlde, þe flesche, & þe fende. 1526 W. Bonde Pref. sig. Ai This treatyse..is..diuyded into thre bokes. 1737 R. Challoner i. 2 The three Divine Virtues of Faith, Hope and Charity. 1775 R. B. Sheridan iv. ii Like Cerberus, three Gentlemen at once. 1871 J. Tyndall (1879) I. xii. 358 Rocksalt cleaves in three directions. c1050 Charter of Eadwine in Kemble IV. 260 Ðise write sinden þre. c1175 (Burchfield transcript) l. 18657 & tohh þeȝȝ sinndenn alle þre An godd. 1362 W. Langland A. ix. 100 As þei þreo assenten. 13.. 228 Reuthþe and treuthþe and charite, Beþ out of lond alle þreo. 1508 (Chepman & Myllar) sig. bii Our souerane Arthour..Has maid ws thre as mediatour. 1548 f. cxcixv Wee were all three one mannes sonnes. 1679 J. Dryden & N. Lee iii. 39 Tir... By the Fates that spun thy thread; Cho. Which are three. 1845 R. Browning How they brought Good News in i. 3 I galloped, Dirck galloped, we galloped all three. c1000 Ælfric xxxii. 28 Þreo and twentig þusendra manna. c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon (Calig.) (1963) l. 1932 Þer-of he wes lauerd. þro [c1300 Otho þreo] and þritti wintere. c1380 J. Wyclif III. 340 Aboute þree and þritti ȝeer. 1508 (Chepman & Myllar) sig. avv The roy rekinnit on raw Thretty and thre. 1579 W. Fulke Heskins Parl. Repealed in 204 The three and twentieth Chapter endeth the exposition. 1588 R. Parke tr. J. G. de Mendoza 301 So they departed..and the three and twentie day of Ianuarie. 1725 D. Defoe i. 185 A true Oriental Pearl..I sold it..for three and fifty Pound. 971 75 To þrim hunde penega. a1123 ann. 1101 Rotbert..sceolde..þreo þusend marc seolfres habban. c1220 616 Ðre hundred ȝer. a1425 (c1395) (Royal) (1850) Lev. xii. 5 Thre scoor and sixe daies. 1483 385/1 Threhundrethe, tricentesimus. 1572 (a1500) (1882) 757 Ilk ȝeir thre hundreth pund assigne the I sall. 1634 T. Herbert 205 Seuenty Temples, in one of which are set three thousand three hundred thirty three gilded Idols. 1839 A. Ure 583 With about..a three-thousandth part of arsenic. 1912 at Three Mod. I can find room for three dozen begonias. the world > relative properties > wholeness > incompleteness > part of whole > [noun] > a great part or proportion > the greater part, the majority the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > four > [noun] > division into four > a fourth part > three quarters 1600 P. Holland tr. Livy viii. ii. 289 Two acres in the Latine countrie, with a supplement of three foure parts out of the Privernates land to make up the whole. 1777 W. Robertson (1783) III. 279 About three-fourths..of it belongs to the holder of the grant. 1779 No. 23. ⁋5 He was called a good-hearted man by three-fourths of his acquaintance. 1850 D. J. Browne 28 They do not get perfectly feathered till they are three fourths grown. 1866 Froude in Sir H. Brackenbury (1909) 41 The sailor's rule for grog—three-fourths spirit and all the water you add spoils it—applies pre-eminently to writing on practical questions. 1890 200 A block of wood has a three-fourth inch hole bored in it. the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > three > group of three > [adjective] > third in order 1521 in J. W. Clay (1902) VI. 4 Witnesses, Rober Gibson..and many other, the three daye of Auguste. a1616 W. Shakespeare (1623) i. i. 129 The three party is..mine Host of the Ga[r] ter. View more context for this quotation the world > relative properties > number > plurality > fewness > [adjective] > small in number a1535 T. More (1553) iii. xx. sig. S.vi So verye a chyldyshe fantasye, that in a matter almoste of three Chyppes..neyther shoulde moue anye manne. 1596 J. Harington sig. Ccv After they had roued three or four idle wordes. 1638 R. Baker tr. J. L. G. de Balzac II. 39 If they have but three words of Latine, and have but read one of Plutarkes lives. 1825 T. Hook 2nd Ser. I. 182 But as to his anger..I don't care three of his sugar-loaves. 1843 G. Borrow III. iv. 60 I but said three words to the alcayde of the prison. the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > three > [noun] > three things, persons, etc. the world > life > source or principle of life > age > [noun] > specific age c1384 (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Matt. xviii. 20 For where two or three shulen be gedrid in my name, ther I am in the midil of hem. 1412–20 J. Lydgate tr. iv. 4640 Þis þre han made a suggestioun Vn-to þe kyng touchynge þe trete. 1490 W. Caxton tr. (1885) xvi. 377 The other thre he broughte to the dongeon. 1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie (1888) I. 13 Fresche water lochis..; that abundes in mony kyndes of fische, cheiflie in thrie, Killine, Skait, and Makrell. 1675 in O. Airy (1890) I. 319 That Trear. had lately procured from King thirteen thousand pounds for Essex, of which Trear. was to have three for himselfe. 1683 J. Mason xxiii. 51 The Three, when Christ did make the Fourth, Found Fire as meek as Air. 1688 R. Holme ii. 131/2 Hares, 2 a Brase, 3 a Lease. 1912 at Three Mod. Which three do you choose? Any three you please. B. n. (With plural threes.) 1. the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > three > [noun] c1175 (Burchfield transcript) l. 11266 Ȝiff þu sammnesst þreo. till þreo Þa findesst tu þær sexe. a1400 (a1325) (Vesp.) l. 21747 O four and thre qua tels euen He sal þe numbre mak o seuen. 1532 (c1385) Usk's Test. Loue in iii. f. cccl Amonge al nombres thre is determyned for moste certayne. 1597 R. Hooker v. lxxix. 245 Three being the misticall number of Gods vnsearchable perfection within himselfe. 1598 W. Shakespeare v. ii. 494 By Ioue, I all wayes tooke three threes for nine. View more context for this quotation 1825 T. Hook 2nd Ser. III. 53 It would be..useless..to expatiate upon the qualities attributable to the number Three, or quote the Graces, the Fates [etc.]. the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > three > [noun] > figure denoting society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > winter sports > skating > [noun] > figure-skating > figure > specific figure or movement 1895 27 204/1 Granted control of the outside and inside edges, and the many eights, threes, loops, etc. are simplified at once. 1903 30 Dec. 3/2 The expert dons his skates and glides..off with the air of one to whom threes, grape-vines,..and other mysterious figures are..familiar. 1938 J. Cary 378 He cut a three. 1975 522/1 The three, a two-lobed figure, so named because the turn involved at the extreme end of each circle leaves a tracing on the ice resembling the numeral ‘3’. 2. A group or set of three things or persons. spec.the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > three > group of three > [noun] ?1544 J. Heywood sig. E.ii Take thre of the yongest and thre of the oldest... And when all these threes be had a sonder Of eche thre two..Shall be founde shrewes. 1578 T. Tymme tr. J. Calvin 196 By seven and seven, understand not so many pairs of every kind, but threese, to the which one beast is added over and above. 1587 T. Saunders sig. Bivv Wee were cheaned three and three to an oare. 1599 J. Minsheu Pleasant Dialogues Spanish & Eng. iii. 25 in R. Percyvall & J. Minsheu Games of chiefest price, as the Reynado, the three, two and ace, still trumpe. a1616 W. Shakespeare (1623) ii. iii. 44 We are..to come by him where he stands, by ones, by twoes, & by threes . View more context for this quotation 1755 S. Johnson at Kayle A kind of play..in which nine holes ranged in three's are made in the ground. 1830 J. Lindley 137 Flowers solitary, or in pairs or threes. 1837 28 May Notwithstanding little Lillywhite bowled admirably, they kept getting threes, fours, and fives. ?1870 F. Hardy & J. R. Ware 77 Fifteen can be made in several ways [in cribbage]; for example, ten and five,..three fours and a three. 1889 W. B. Yeats 130 Children sing in twos and threes. 1953 R. Chandler xix. 117 Three shots, three misses. I hate it when they come in threes. 1977 ‘M. Yorke’ xvi. 130 ‘First Pedro—then Emma Widnes—now Jamie Renshaw. Who'll be next?’..‘Things do go in threes, don't they?’ society > armed hostility > military operations > evolution > [noun] > wheeling > unit in 1796 85 When a division wheels to a flank rank by three's. 1832 ii. 14 The Threes wheel at once, upon the word ‘Threes Right’, ‘Threes Left’, or ‘Threes about’. 1847 (1854) 61 The company..may form threes. 3. the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > three > division into three > [noun] > three parts a1400 (a1325) (Gött.) l. 10178 In thre [Vesp. thrin] his godis did he dele. c1425 Wyntoun i. ix. 534 As men may be a roundall se Merkit to be delt in thre. c1450 in R. Dyboski (1908) 20/79 They clave my harte in III. a1500 (?a1400) (1887) l. 686 He brast hys schyld on thre. c1540 (?a1400) 1146 Þat oþer part of our pupull put we in thre! 18.. G. MacDonald Legend Corrievrechan in xiii The hemp was broken in three. the world > time > particular time > [noun] > the time or time of day > specific times of day c1460 Wisdom 797 in 61 At þe parvise I wyll be,..be-twyn ij ande iij. 1530 J. Palsgrave 714/1 We shal nat set in tyll to morowe thre of the clocke. 1762 S. Foote i. 1 We shall be sure to find them at three at the Shakespear. 1814 W. Scott Diary 17 Aug. in J. G. Lockhart (1837) III. vi. 205 On board at half-past three. 1902 E. Banks 42 I want you to go out at once and report that three o'clock meeting at the Methodist Church. 1912 at Three Mod. Our train starts at three fifteen. the world > food and drink > drink > drinking > drinking salutations [interjection] the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > three > multiplication by three > three times as much [phrase] society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > small-arm > [noun] > rifle > types of society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > missile > ammunition for firearms > [noun] > bullet or shell > bullet > types of bullet the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > applause > [noun] > shouted applause society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > extracted or refined oil > [noun] > distilled or refined mineral oils > lubricating oils a1711 T. Ken Hymnarium 68 in (1721) II. Most holy, holy, holy Three, Harmonious Unity. 1851 G. Rorison 97 Three in One, and One in Three Ruler of the earth and sea! 1909 (T. Eaton & Co.) 26/2 Three-in-One Hand Saw..combining in one tool a saw, 2 ft. rule and square. 1928 22 Aug. 1354/1 ‘Three in One’... Lubricating oil. Three in One Oil Co..., 130, William Street, City, County, and State of New York, United States of America; manufacturers. 1931 7 Oct. 10 (advt.) A three-in-one garment, comprising vest, bloomers, and underskirt. 1962 E. Snow (1963) xxxii. 245 We call it a three-in-one technique. It combines, in all grades, teaching, practical research work, and actual production. 1967 N. Marsh i. 14 The key..refused to turn... ‘You want a touch of the old free-in-one... Oil, mate. Loobrication.’ 1970 W. Klatt in D. J. Dwyer (1974) xviii. 341 Lin Piao gave high priority to the task of ‘struggle—criticism—transformation’ which is apparently being carried out by the chief organ of the new order, i.e. the ‘three-in-one combination’ of the Revolutionary Committees, embracing representatives of the revolutionary cadres, of the People's Liberation Army and of the revolutionary masses. 1977 O. Schell (1978) i. 104 And those old factories with pollution problems must form three-in-one groups to solve their problems. 1979 T. Gifford (1980) xxiv. 240 The lock had gotten rusty, but..Three-in-One oil did the job. society > trade and finance > stocks and shares > stocks, shares, or bonds > [noun] > stock > of the national debt society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > football > rugby football > [noun] > types of player > player or position 1850 W. M. Thackeray I. xxxvii. 362 I'm told she has six hundred thousand pounds in the Threes. 1891 27 Apr. 3/2 People who had ‘threes’ of beer and ‘large lagers’, both of which were over half a pint. 1895 30 Sept. 2/6 French Threes rose on the day 15 c., to 101 for money. 1895 30 Dec. 7/4 Three-and-a-Halfs declined 25 c., to 105.45 for money. 1905 12 Dec. 9/2 Another run by the Cambridge ‘threes’ took them down to the Oxford line once more. Compounds C1. In special collocations. See also three golden balls n. at ball n.1 Phrases 4; the three (Holy) Children (child n. 2b); three (also †two) faces under (or in) a (or †one) hood n. at face n. Phrases 1d(b); the three kings at king n. Phrases 4; three sheets in the wind at sheet n.2 2; the three sisters at sister n. 5.the world > matter > physics > mechanics > force > [noun] > attractive > specific problems 1814 J. Playfair II. ii. ii. 263 Mayer has also sought to determine the Sun's parallax from one of the lunar equations, as deduced from the solution of the problem of the three bodies. 1858 A. Cayley III. 97 The problem of three or more bodies is considered by Sir W. R. Hamilton in his two..memoirs on a general method in Dynamics, Phil. Trans. 1834 and 1835. the world > the earth > named regions of earth > named cities or towns > [noun] > in France > others society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > clerical superior > archbishop > [noun] > see > spec 1794 A. Young (ed. 2) II. xix. 420 The provinces of Loraine, Alsace, the three Bishoprics, and the West Indies, not included. 1910 H. N. Williams xxi. 271 The princes..authorised him to take possession of the towns of Toul, Metz and Verdun—the ‘Three Bishoprics’. 1964 C. Duffy viii. 111 Conti..might be tempted to harry the Three Bishoprics and the Austrian-garrisoned Duchy of Luxemburg. society > faith > aspects of faith > Bible, Scripture > text > [noun] > passage > condemned 1885 W. E. Addis & T. Arnold (ed. 3) at Three Chapters The condemnation of the three chapters means the condemnation of (1) Theodore of Mopsuestia, his person, and his writings, (2) of Theodoret's writings against Cyril and the Ephesine Council, (3) of a letter from Ibas to Maris the Persian, also against Cyril and the Council. 1582 W. Allen sig. e8v He was also very skilful in the three tonges. the mind > mental capacity > understanding > wisdom, sagacity > wise man, sage > [noun] > group of the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > advice > [noun] > adviser or counsellor > group of society > faith > aspects of faith > Bible, Scripture > Biblical personages > Three Kings > [noun] 1867 IX. 419/2 The visit of the three magi or wise men of the East. 1904 at Magus The (three) Magi: the three ‘wise men’ who came from the East, bearing offerings to the infant Christ. 1961 467 The conference decided that three wise men (who later became four) should recommend the best means of co-ordinating Western economic policies. 1976 9 June 1578 The three wise men..who make up the Programme Complaints Commission. 1979 G. St. Aubyn iv. 185 The Prince of Wales decided..to submit the negotiations to the Prime Minister, the Lord Chancellor and Lord Hartington... These three wise men produced a memorandum. the world > food and drink > farming > farm > [noun] > small holding or croft 1885 J. Chamberlain in 17 Nov. 10/2 This man..reported..that wherever the labourer had land and kept a cow—‘three acres and a cow’ (loud laughter)..the poor rates were reduced. 1889 G. N. Curzon vii. 239 The majority of residents would seem to have attained the ideal of Arcadian bliss expressed elsewhere in the historical phrase, ‘Three acres and a cow’. 1964 45 (Suppl.) 214 Chesterton the Distributist and advocate of ‘three acres and a cow’. the world > time > relative time > the past > historical period > [noun] > prehistoric periods 1866 J. Crawfurd in 4 1 The theory which supposes three different ages of civilisation, marked respectively by the use of arms and implements of stone, of bronze, and of iron, seems to have originated in the discoveries recently made by the examination of the refuse heaps of Denmark and the pile buildings of the Swiss lakes... There can be little doubt but that the three ages above indicated did really exist. 1944 V. G. Childe i. 5 Of course Thomsen's three ‘Ages’ are just periods of this relative kind and would be better designated Stages. the mind > emotion > pleasure > joy, gladness, or delight > rejoicing or exultation > [noun] > jubilation or loud rejoicing > cheering or shouting hurrah > a cheer or shout > three cheers 1751 T. Smollett xxxiii Peregrine..as he went out of the gate, was saluted with three chears by all the domestics. 1840 10 Oct. 4/6 They gave him three cheers. 1907 G. B. Shaw ii. 30 Three cheers for ould Ireland, is it? 1970 G. F. Newman vi. 174 Three cheers for any good publicity we can get. society > society and the community > social relations > association, fellowship, or companionship > a companion or associate > [noun] > close > three close companions 1887 R. Kipling in 11 Mar. (title) The three musketeers. 1903 G. B. Shaw p. xxviii He and I and Mr Sidney Webb were sowing our political wild oats as a sort of Fabian Three Musketeers. 1923 R. D. Paine x. 171 There were three musketeers..who were blithely resolved to stand by each other through thick and thin, blow high, blow low. 1979 8 Nov. 136/2 Those were the three musketeers who soon agreed that in publishing their joint work they would always share the credit for all ideas, whoever had thought them up. society > authority > punishment > capital punishment > hanging > [noun] > gallows a1566 T. Hoby tr. B. Castiglione (1577) ii. sig. M.iii To play your Comedye yee shall neede..as much wood as is in Sclauonia..and for preparation of the Tragedie three trees is inough. 1582 N. Breton (Grosart) 28/2 For commonly, such knaues as these Doe ende their lyves vpon three trees. society > trade and finance > management of money > keeping accounts > account or statement of > [noun] > acknowledgement of indebtedness 1822 W. Scott II. vi. 151 The captain, who was in the habit..of paying his losses with three vowels. C2. With letters of the alphabet, referring to alliterative collocations. See also the three F's at F n. Initialisms 2; the three L's n. at L n. Initialisms 1; the three R's at R n. 3.society > faith > worship > observance, ritual > [noun] > performance of > livening up of society > leisure > the arts > music > composing music > composer > [noun] > groups of composers 1909 J. R. Ware 244/2 Three B's, the (Clerical), bright, brief, and brotherly—the modern protest against the sleepy nature of a majority of the 19th century church services. 1934 (at cited word) Three B's, Music, the three great composers, Bach, Beethoven, and Brahms. 1969 21 Aug. 3/6 On off-days he tends his private camellias and on off-nights listens to Mozart and The Three B's. society > trade and finance > management of money > solvency > [noun] > reputation of 1885 Goschen in 5 Nov. 6/1 The ‘Three C's’ of Foreign Policy..cleanhandedness, continuity, and courage. 1976 29 June 3/3 Q. In money matters, what's meant by ‘The Three Cs’? A. That's a term used by the credit experts. Capital, capacity to pay and collectibility. Of the three, capacity to pay is generally thought to be the most important, capital the least. 1974 P. Wright xii. 105 Alliteration, slang and a desire to hide the meaning all contribute to the three Hs, standing for ‘high, hot, and a hell of a lot’, and used when a soft soap and water enema has to be applied. 1976 10 Oct. 12/4 Women's groups rebelling against the old commandment of the ‘Three Ks’—Kinder, Kirche, Küche (children, church and kitchen). the world > food and drink > food > [noun] > sustenance or nourishment 1938 J. W. Daniels 136 It was impressive how directly the town's merchants made their appeal to poverty with the heavy necessities of living—the three M's, meat, meal and molasses. 1929 F. C. Bowen 140 Three Ss, The. The old naval rule to promotion, to mind your three Ss. That is to say, to be Sober, Silly and Civil. 1955 D. W. Maurer in No. 24. 187 Excuses for missing meets are sometimes delicately referred to as the three esses: shit, shave, and shine. C3. Combinations (unlimited in number, of which the following are examples): a. (a) Adjectives formed of three and a noun (usually in singular), meaning ‘of, pertaining to, consisting of, containing, measuring, etc. three of the things named’. 1825 H. Wilson II. 76 I..fixed, upon Moliere's comedy of the Malade Imaginaire, which I hastily transformed into an English three-act piece! 1905 G. K. Chesterton 280 Some absurd shrill and affected voice, such as we only hear from a duchess in a three-act farce. 1957 G. Bibby 31 He [sc. Christian Thomsen] was constrained to write a short account of his arrangement of the Copenhagen museum and of his Three Age system. 1970 W. Bray & D. Trump 231/2 Three Age System, the scheme for dividing prehistory into a stone age, bronze age and iron age. It was first formulated by C. Thomsen 1816–19. 1932 7 337 Three alarm fire, used with negative to indicate mediocrity. a1975 P. G. Wodehouse (1977) xii. 80 Lord Emsworth entered looking like a refugee from a three-alarm fire. 1976 17 June 7- b/1 Create a picnic-like atmosphere with such favorites as potato salad and three bean salad. 1931 D. Rose vi. 92 For certain purposes the three-blade rotor may prove the most efficient. 1967 9 (caption) A. Turboméca Artouste 11c drives..two three-blade variable-pitch propellers for thrust. 1803 J. Wimpey in A. Hunter et al. (new ed.) IV. i. 38 Suppose..the field to be formed into three-bout ridges. 1860 18 Aug. 448 A hectolitre contains a trifle more than a three-bushel English corn~sack. 1944 R. Chandler iv. 23 Outside the wall to the left was the three-car garage. 1980 J. McNeil ix. 93 There was..a three-car garage. 1851 IX. 587 No ingots shall be used for the coinage of the three-cent pieces herein authorized, of which the quality differs more than five-thousandths from the legal standard. 1898 P. L. Ford 281 The three-cent papers..abuse me. 1946 vi. 37 To feel like a three-cent piece with a hole in it. (To feel worthless and do-less.) 1910 14 Feb. 6/4 [Germany] The detested three-class system..and..the system of promotion of certain classes of electors from one class to another on other than property qualifications. 1980 June 411/1 Gone are..the limitations on political rights of a ‘three-class franchise’. 1922 (Brit. Insulated & Helsby Cables Ltd.) (ed. 3) 106 Three-core cables. 1958 8 Aug. 190/2 3-core electric wiring. 1904 28 Dec. 3/1 The best work on the Midland [Railway] was accomplished with three-cylinder compounds. 1858 J. H. Hickcox 56 Three Dollar gold coins were coined..under an act passed in 1853. 1918 6 144 De Forest was experimenting with a three-electrode valve. 1932 July 216/1 The starting point of modern wireless is what is known as the three-electrode thermionic valve. 1719 W. Hamilton Epist. to Ramsay 24 Aug. in A. Ramsey The pleasure..snoovt away like three-hand ombre. 1812 J. Sinclair i. 75 A three-horse power does very well for potatoe-oats, when the corn is fed in by a careful hand. 1906 P. Kropotkin (1908) I. v. 23 A three-horse carriage. 1599 W. Shakespeare iii. ii. 99 I thy three houres wife. View more context for this quotation 1920 July 1/1 The Ulidia was a typical ‘three-island’ tramp steamer. 1962 A. G. Course 198 Three island ship, a vessel with a raised forecastle forward, a raised bridge deck amidships, and a raised poop aft. 1944 Dec. 515 3-judge court. 1981 30 Aug. 4/5 A three-judge bench. 1929 16 Nov. 41/2 On a three-lane boulevard a local driver generally keeps well toward the center. 1972 M. Jones xii. 88 This road..was eventually completed not as a dual carriageway but as a three-lane road. 1956 J. Lotz in L. White xiv. 221 This multistage, three-level construction involving phonemes, morphemes, and sentences characterizes natural language. 1979 28 Oct. 18/4 A three-level promenade. 1944 Dec. 515 The three-member compound is peculiarly modern. 1957 W. M. Hailey (rev. ed.) vi. 303 Such elections..might be tried as an experiment in two three-member constituencies. 1889 Three-mile limit. 1895 26 459/1 In the three-mile run England has a decided advantage. 1911 14 Apr. 15/4 The schooners were well within the three-mile limit, poaching on the British Columbia fisheries grounds. 1977 G. V. Higgins xii. 151 Small freighters. Plying..between Scotland and the three-mile limits, until Repeal, they easily returned their cost of purchase. 1838 E. B. Barrett 160 In the eyes all undefiled Of a little three months' child. 1861 26 May 1/3 So shameful has been the treatment of many of the three month volunteers, that most of them will certainly return home as soon as their terms expire. 1977 J. M. Johnson in J. D. Douglas & J. M. Johnson viii. 251 The three-month period when the events occurred. 1925 J. A. Spender II. xix. 27 The difficulties of the three-party system. 1978 A. Gilchrist viii. 66 As a result of the 1956 election [in Iceland], the conservative-dominated coalition of the Independence and Progressive parties gave way to a three-party coalition from which the Independence Party was excluded. 1964 I. L. Horowitz 33 Models devised to deal with two- or three-person groups need not lead to the trivialization of sociology. 1892 3 Mar. Three phase system, a system of distribution of electrical energy in which three alternating currents, each differing from the two others by one third of the period, are used. 1904 M. B. Field in M. Maclean II. i. vi. 28 If one of the phases of a ∆-connected system is disconnected, the remaining two can still supply a three-phase current, but with a diminished efficiency. 1922 30 June 928/1 The equipment for each end of the line of a 3-phase system comprises three protective transformers, a biasing transformer, an earth fault relay, [etc.]. 1926 114 77 These solutions of the important problem gave a simple and comparatively cheap installation, without transforming the three-phase current to direct current or..regulating the speed of the generator. 1961 9 Nov. 767/2 The normal three-phase alternating current system. the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electricity > electrical appliances or devices > [adjective] > having specific pins 1868 J. C. Atkinson 335 Merls, sb... Other names are..Five-pin, Nine-pin, Three-pin, Morris or Merels. 1940 848/1 Three-pin plug, a plug with three contact pins, two for the main circuit and one for the earth connexion. 1974 A. Ross 75 A length of insulated cable..snaked across the floor to a three-pin socket. 1522 in S. Tymms (1850) 115 A thre pynt pott of pewter. 1947 H. Reichenbach §17. 83 A three-place function is given by the verb ‘gives’ in the sentence ‘Peter gives Paul a book’. 1964 R. H. Robins viii. 330 English plosive and nasal consonants fall into a three-place..system, bilabial, alveolar, velar. 1869 Ann. Rep. Commissioner Agric. 1868 51 in (40th Congr., 3rd Sess.: House of Representatives Executive Doc.) XV Carpets, treble ingrain, three-ply, and worsted chain Venetian. 1905 21 Jan. 72/1 Date cases, made entirely of three-ply wood. 1910 1 Jan. p. v (advt.) Best Russian improved waterproof 3-ply. 1914 3 Jan. 18/2 Direct Importers of 3-ply. 1924 G. Mallory in E. F. Norton 215 Wooden tables with three-ply wooden tops. 1921 112/2 The new..railway is..equipped with three-position signals. 1971 (B.S.I.) i. iii. 16 Three-position relay, a relay which has one unenergized and two energized conditions. 1866 A. Crump x. 223 Edward VI. Gold. Three-pound piece, sovereign [etc.]. 1861 10 Oct. 242/1 The proper distance is six inches for mortise, and eight inches between mortises..; this for three rail fence. 1912 F. A. Talbot 106 It was the first three-reel film subject ever produced in the United States. a1817 J. Austen (1818) IV. vi. 116 She has a blister on one of her heels, as large as a three shilling piece. View more context for this quotation 1895 6 Jan. 4/5 The three-speed gear bicycle invented by Messrs. Lindley and Biggs. 1902 21 Nov. 11/4 The Sturmey-Archer three-speed gear,..an elaboration of the well-tried ‘Hub’ two-speed gear, is exhibited by the Raleigh Cycle Company. 1977 9 May 34/1 A..young woman..had just bought a three-speed Raleigh. 1977 9 May 34/2 Why did I buy a three-speed? 1977 Nov. 138/2 Her bike had broken down—something to do with the three-speed. 1980 J. L. Carr 69 You can have Dad's bike... It's a three-speed and the chain has an oil bath. 1936 Sept. 299/2 The proposed three-stage rocket-ship. 1965 41 117 A three-stage process of increasing deprovincialization in Russian linguistics. 1852 W. Wickenden 330 In his three-stairs back, Grove Street. 1832 G. Long I. ix. 199 To the height of 60 feet, which is considerably above the ordinary elevation of three-story houses. 1886 7 246 In early Latin this energetic stress-accent was not bound by the three-syllable limit. 1964 W. S. Allen in D. Abercrombie et al. 4 It [sc. stress] falls..on a light antepenultimate only because of the overriding three-syllable rule, which will not permit it to recede further. 1957 E. B. Jones III. ii. 72 (caption) Response of a three-term controller to an artificial disturbance. 1977 21 Nov. 28/2 In Cleveland, scrappy Dennis Kucinich, 31, a former three-term city councilman, edged out Edward Feighan, 30, the candidate of the regular Democratic organization. 1883 215 Three-tier Whatnot, in Walnut or Ebonised. 1957 W. M. Hailey (rev. ed.) viii. 467 In form this constituted a ‘three-tier’ system of Councils, but it was the District Council which was to form the focal point in it. 1977 23 Oct. 8/3 The three-tier agreement is to be made up of a treaty limiting the numbers of certain strategic weapons for the period of eight years, a protocol imposing certain limits on other weapons for three years, and a statement of principles looking toward major arms reductions in the future. 1844 R. P. Ward I. 115 The fee-simple of this estate in three-volume-noveldom. 1936 Nov. 351/1 An 1888 Benz three-wheel motor car. 1973 30 Oct. 4/1 A new three-wheel car, the Robin, for which an average fuel consumption of 50 miles to the gallon is claimed. 1880 ‘M. Twain’ xxx. 321 They know a word here and there, of a foreign language, or a few beggarly little three-word phrases, filched from the back of the Dictionary. 1978 R. Ludlum xiii. 154 He had sent Sam a three-word cablegram from the airport in Lisbon. (b) Parasynthetic adjectives formed on similar collocations + -ed suffix2, = ‘having or characterized by three of the things named’. (i) 1766 J. Entick Surv. London in IV. 204 Making a three-isled cathedral. 1865 July 34 The thrice three-angled beech nut shell. 1831 J. Morton Gloucestershire Vale-farm 32 in Cut with a three-bladed knife. ?1575 E. Hellowes tr. A. de Guevara (new ed.) 346 I gyue my condemned soule and life to the infernall three bodied Pluto. 1667 J. Milton vi. 764 Beside him hung his Bow And Quiver with three-bolted Thunder stor'd. View more context for this quotation a1617 S. Hieron Penance for Sinne in (1620) II. 352 This treble or three-branched sufficiencie. 1382 1 Sam. ii. 13 The child..hadde a flesh hook thre tothid in his hoond. 1736 ii. iii. 331 Three colour'd Violet or Heart's Ease. 1649 (Chetham Soc.) 277 A three-corded scourge. 1604 S. Hieron Answer Popish Rime in (1620) I. 576 To maintaine the state Of your three-crowned potentate. 1904 R. Kipling 212 ‘Heaven is beautiful, Earth is ugly,’ The three-dimensioned preacher saith. 1618 G. Chapman tr. Hesiod ii. 426 A three-ear'd tripod. 1931 Feb. 159 The three-engined types. 1967 16 Sept. 1022/1 What might happen to passenger traffic if one's competitor should advertise ‘three engined safety’. 1598 Queen Elizabeth I tr. Plutarch De Curiositate in (1899) x. 30 Axing for..thre yead men. 1689 No. 2510/4 A Three faced Steel Seal. 1915 D. H. Lawrence Let. 15 July in (1948) 53 Liberty, Equality & Fraternity is the three-fanged serpent. 1828 G. W. Bridges II. xiv. 183 Three-fingered Jack, the notorious rebel. 1567 A. Golding tr. Ovid (new ed.) vii. f. 83 Our threeformed Goddesse. 1766 at Meadow With a shovel, hoe, or three grained fork. 1837 Mar. (Suppl.) 118/1 He supposes the original plan to have been that of a room about 248 feet by 195, vaulted with three groined arches. 1680 C. Cotton (ed. 2) x. 83 Some play at two handed, or three handed Whist. 1792 J. Woodforde 10 Feb. (1927) III. 335 After Coffee and Tea we got to Cards to three-handed Cribbage. 1907 W. M. Cockrum xiv. 344 Dancing was the principal amusement..three- and four-handed reels and jigs. 1937 G. Greene (1947) 57 They had played their usual rubber of three-handed bridge. 1976 ‘Trevanian’ (1977) ii. 23 They were playing three-handed cut-throat. a1889 G. M. Hopkins (1967) 180 Yet Arthur is a Bowman: his three-heeled timber'll hit The bald..gold. 1594 W. Shakespeare iv. ii. 68 The three hoopt pot, shall haue ten hoopes. 1653 R. Saunders i. 69 The three lettered name of the 72 Angels. 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics iv, in tr. Virgil 143 The gaping three-mouth'd Dog forgets to snarl. View more context for this quotation 1799 H. Gurney xx. 45 Charm the three-neck'd dog of Hell. the world > space > shape > angularity > [adjective] > abounding in corners > having specific number of corners a1616 W. Shakespeare (1623) iv. vi. 5 The three nook'd world. View more context for this quotation 1876 G. M. Hopkins Wreck of Deutschland ix, in (1967) 54 Be adored among men, God, three-numberèd form. the world > space > shape > fact or condition of tapering > condition of tapering to a point > [adjective] > having (a) point(s) > specific number of 1797 XIV. 606/1 One dog-tooth, and five or six three-pointed grinders. 1711 No. 4915/4 A small three prong'd silver Fork. 1944 T. H. Wisdom vi. 54 Jerry..dropped a load of three-pronged spikes on the runway. 1968 N. Mitchell vii. 138 A Punjabi called Khurshid Anwar..was on the Hazara border organising a three-pronged drive into Kashmir. 1828 J. E. Smith (ed. 2) II. 93 Partial bracteas five, ovate, acute, three-ribbed. 1844 11 July 1/3 A three-roomed hut. 1640 in J. Nicholson 29 Dec. (1855) 149 The inch of thrie-solled schoes, of the best leather, be sold at twa shillings twa pennies. 1814 W. Scott Diary 22 Aug. in J. G. Lockhart (1837) III. vii. 222 There is a decent three-storied house, belonging to the laird. 1939 4 127 No. 2 is part of a ‘three-storeyed’ pitcher, showing a combination of various decorative ideas. 1963 J. A. T. Robinson i. 13 The traditional language of a three-storeyed universe. 1841 G. Catlin I. xxi. 147 Its string was three stranded. 1608 W. Shakespeare vii. 14 A base,..beggerly, three shewted hundred pound, filthy worsted-stocken knaue. 1718 Lady M. W. Montagu 19 May (1965) I. 413 'Tis common for the Heirs of a great three-tail'd Bassa not to be rich enough to keep in repair the House he built. 1827 J. Bentham I. 11 A three-tailed instead of a five-tailed bandage. 1848 W. M. Thackeray iii. 15 A three-tailed Pasha. 1822 J. Galt xliii. 318 Wearing..a white three-tiered wig. 1973 ‘M. Innes’ xv. 129 A three-tiered contraption loaded with pastries and éclairs. 1656 Earl of Monmouth tr. T. Boccalini (1674) i. xxxi. 35 A three-wheel'd Charret. 1900 W. S. Churchill in 1 Jan. 5/7 Suddenly three-wheeled things appeared on the crest. 1981 July 69/1 We were rattled and rocked in our three-wheeled samlor. 1683 J. Moxon II. 62 A Three-Worm'd Spindle. (ii) spec. in botanical and zoological adjectives. 1881 C. E. Turner in XLIV. 307 A gray riding-coat, with a three-caped collar. 1793 T. Martyn sig. T8 Three-celled Pericarp. 1793 T. Martyn sig. T8v Three-flowered Peduncle. 1861 A. Pratt V. 298 Three-flowered Rush. 1837 IX. 13/2 [The antennæ] are generally..three-jointed. 1793 T. Martyn sig. T8v Three-lobed leaf. 1833 I. 77/1 Leaves.., three-lobed. 1793 T. Martyn sig. T8v Three-nerved leaf. 1807 T. Martyn (rev. ed.) II. ii. at Sida Capsules fifteen, three-seeded. Native of St. Domingo. 1793 T. Martyn sig. U Three-valved pericarp. ?1877 F. E. Hulme I. Summary p. viii Capsule obtusely three-angled, three-valved. (iii) With other endings. a1500 ( J. Yonge tr. (Rawl.) (1898) 200 God Sente..Ionas to the grete Cite of Nynyvee, wyche was a thre-dayen Iornay. 1952 Oct. 249/1 Up to now the production of three-dimensional (3-D) films has been sporadic. 1953 5 Feb. 14/1 We receive with mixed reaction the news that three-dimensional motion pictures, coyly called ‘3-D’, will shortly come into general distribution. 1953 A. Cooke in 27 Aug. 7/2 One big studio has done a Technicolor 3-D movie of ‘Kiss Me, Kate’ which..has the effect of whisking the audience into the most privileged seat in a live theatre. 1593 G. Harvey 109* The three-shapen Geryon. 1861 F. W. Robinson II. 95 We do not set her up as a heroine for three-‘volumists’ to reverence. 1835 12 166 Which of the thousandfold novels now three-volumnising the face of the earth occasioned this disappointment? 1889 10 Aug. 184/3 He has made clear the distinction between the ‘racionabilis secta’ and suit to the three-weekly court. (c) Parasynthetic nouns in -er [see -er suffix1 1] . 1948 C. McCullers in Sept. 257/1 By autumn I was writing a three-acter about revenge and incest. 1950 O. Nash 80 The author's attention has been called to a type of conflagration known as a three-alarmer. 1976 30 June 3- e/1 John Candelaria fired a three-hitter and tripled in two runs during an eight-run first inning. 1899 19 July 6/5 The three-milers were the next to appear. 1881 June 86 The sacrifice of Queen is very much the same as in the ‘Welcome’ three-mover. 1891 31 Jan. 148/2 The current runs..in favour of short [chess] problems; nothing beyond three-movers is even looked at. 1890 ‘R. Boldrewood’ (1891) 283 The Colonel..rode his horse over a stiff three-railer [fence]. 1883 J. D. J. Kelly in Aug. 445/2 Diminutive three-tonners..were cruising. a1944 K. Douglas (1946) 38 This necessitated sweating about to find a three-tonner or a tank to tow us out. 1971 B. W. Aldiss 39 We marched off the platform in good order..and transferred our kit to a line of three-tonners standing waiting for us outside the station. 1864 G. Meredith Oct. (1912) I. 162 My ‘plain story’ is first to right me and then the 3 volumer will play trumpets. 1927 27 Sept. 5/1 When the ‘three-volumer’ went out it was thought we had ceased to ask for literary quantity. 1886 IV. 123 The safeties and three-wheelers [tricycles]. 1958 ‘C. Fremlin’ iv. 41 She saw Mrs Henderson's miniature three-wheeler drawn up in front of the house. 1975 22 Dec. 3/1 Their three-wheeler disintegrated in collision with another car. b. Special combinations and collocations. three-spot: see spot n.1 and adv. Phrases 2b. society > computing and information technology > programming language > program or code > [adjective] > allowing address > particular addresses 1948 3 69 The control of this machine is accomplished, for the most part, by means of three-address orders. In contrast, the ‘Mark I’ at Harvard uses a two-address system. 1970 O. Dopping vi. 103 A three-address machine. 1976 P. M. Banks & J. R. Doupnik vii. 242 The principal disadvantage of three address instructions is their great length and consequent excessive use of memory space. the world > life > source or principle of life > [adjective] > course or span of life > specific 1697 T. Creech tr. Manilius i. xv. 30 Great Atreus Sons,..With three-ag'd Nestor. society > authority > rule or government > politics > politics in India and Far East > [adjective] > principles, policies, or parties in China 1966 F. Schurmann v. 318 The regime resorted to terror to enforce controls. This took the form of the Three-Anti (Sanfan) and Five-Anti (Wufan) movements. The Sanfan campaign which started in the winter of 1951 was directed against corruption, waste, and bureaucratism. 1975 A. Watson iv. 90 The ‘three anti’ campaign which opposed the three evils of corruption, waste and excessive red tape in the Party and government. the world > movement > motion in specific manner > revolution or rotation > [adjective] > able to revolve or rotate > about three axes 1962 V. Grissom in 78 We had to learn from scratch..how to manipulate the new three-axis control stick and make the precise adjustments in yaw, pitch and roll. 1977 Fall 52 Some [satellites] are provided..with three-axis stabilization, so that their instruments can be pointed steadily, for long periods of time, to a chosen target. society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > golf > [adjective] > types of match or game 1839 Rules of Honourable Company Edinb. Golfers in C. B. Clapcott (1935) 69 In a Three-ball match, the Ball nearest the hole, and within the prescribed distance, must be lifted, if the third party require it, where the Player does so or not. 1890 H. G. Hutchinson in H. G. Hutchinson et al. (Badminton Libr. of Sports & Pastimes) ix. 241 The three-ball match;..these matches are of two kinds, that wherin each plays against each, and that wherin two are in combination against a third, though each play his individual ball. 1901 5 Three players may play against each other, each playing his own ball, when the match is called ‘a three-ball match’. society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > golf > [noun] > types of game or match 1952 May 299/1 The Major introduced them without enthusiasm and Basil promptly attached himself to the party, much to the Major's annoyance, for he hated three-balls. 1976 450/1 Three-ball, a golf match in which 3 players compete against each other with each playing his own ball. the world > animals > mammals > order Edentata > [noun] > family Dasypodidae (armadillo) > genus Tolypeutes (three-banded armadillo) 1800 G. Shaw I. 188 Three-banded Armadillo..may be considered..as the most elegant of the whole genus;..it is a native of Brazil. 1956 G. Durrell iv. 75 Inside the hat, curled into a tight ball, lay..a three-banded armadillo. 1966 E. Palmer xii. 196 A three-banded plover was paddling in the furrow. the world > relative properties > number > geometry > curve > [adjective] > other the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > heating or making hot > that which or one who heats > [adjective] > types of electric fire 1875 S. Roberts in 11 Nov. 14 I propose to extend..to general three-bar motion a discussion..of some particular cases. 1876 A. Cayley IX. 551 The Three-Bar Curve is derived from the motion of a system of three bars..pivoted to each other, and to two fixed points. 1973 ‘H. Carmichael’ vi. 81 In the hearth stood a 3-bar electric fire. 1979 T. Wiseman iv. 49 A three-bar electric heater. the world > matter > physics > atomic physics > particle physics > [adjective] > relating to number of particles the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > three > condition of being threefold > [adjective] the world > matter > physics > mechanics > force > [noun] > attractive > specific problems 1936 50 638/2 The procedure for the three-body problem. 1968 M. S. Livingston iv. 74 Evidence that this is a three-body decay is that the electrons have a wide distribution in energy. 1972 Jan. 85/1 The Herzberg bands of O2 and the atmospheric infrared bands probably both owe their origin to three-body association: O + O + X → O2* + X, where X, the third atom..is unchanged in the process. the world > food and drink > drink > thirst > excess in drinking > [adjective] the world > food and drink > drink > thirst > excess in drinking > [adjective] > descriptive of excessive drinker 1806 T. S. Surr III. iii. 121 Metamorphosed from a three-bottle man to the image of temperance. 1881 (1885) 52 Painter, Glazier... Three Branch Hand. 1921 (1927) §§ 252, 569, 592. society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > games of chance > games of chance played with cards > [noun] > monte society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > games of chance > sleight-of-hand games > [noun] 1854 T. Parker in J. Weiss (1863) II. 134 Three-card-monte men, and gambling-house keepers. 1877 W. Black xiii Five-Ace Jack received a liberal percentage from the three card-monte men who entertained these innocent folks. 1887 J. R. Lowell Tariff Reform in (1890) VI. 187 They..play their three-card trick. 1938 F. D. Sharpe xviii. 193 Broadsmen, or three card sharpers, kept the Flying Squad busy in its early days. 1973 19 Jan. 3/8 Three-card tricksters are a nuisance. They have someone posted to watch for the police, then they invite people to lay down money on which of three cards..is the ‘lady’. 1979 W. H. Canaway xxii. 145 Sam was as confused as a yokel watching a three-card artist. 1992 20 Apr. 4/3 Brown is hustling these supposedly street-smart voters like a three-card monte operator hustling tourists on Fifth Avenue. the world > matter > chemistry > chemical bonding > [adjective] > of or relating to covalent bonding > of or relating to a three-centre bond 1954 W. H. Eberhardt et al. in XXII. 989/1 In our approach, the only new, or rather, unfamiliar concept is that which we call the ‘three-center bond’. 1978 (CIBA Symp.) 61 The short SO bonds in the thioimine may reflect a three-centre bond. the world > relative properties > number > graph or diagram > [noun] > diagram > employing circles 1883 J. Venn in 4 51 Both Drobisch and Schröder have used what I have called..the three-circle diagram. 1952 W. V. Quine i. 79 We set up a three circle diagram as usual. the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > three > division into three > [adjective] > divided into three by clefts or notches 1793 T. Martyn sig. T8 Three-cleft, trifidus. 1793 T. Martyn sig. T8 Three-cleft-palmate leaf. 1875 W. Morris tr. Virgil ii. 475 Three-cleft tongue. society > occupation and work > industry > decorating and painting > [adjective] > requiring specific number of coats of paint society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > surfacing or cladding > [adjective] > plastering > requiring specific number of coats 1842 W. T. Brande 1234/2 Three-coat Work, in Architecture. 1877 E. H. Knight Three-coat Work. (Plastering.) The first is called pricking-up on lath... The second coat is called floating; the third, set or finishing-coat. the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > headgear > [noun] > hat > tricorn 1813 Ld. Palmerston in 1st Ser. 8 Mar. To see the troops in the small three cocked hats which they formerly wore. the world > space > shape > angularity > specific angular shape > [adjective] > triangular 1584 J. Dee Jrnl. in (1659) i. 83 The books be green, bright, and they be three corned. the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > genus Ovus > [adjective] > of a ewe > giving birth > having produced lamb(s) 1946 J. Cary viii. 53 One heard first a single ‘aw-aw’ from some old three-crop mother, followed at once by a hearty ‘mey’ from her stout lamb. 1960 1 Mar. 77/3 Mr. McIlwraith also paid..£180 for a three-crop ewe. society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > billiards, pool, or snooker > [adjective] > type of game 1910 III. 939/2 There is also Three-Cushion Carom..and the Bank-Shot game. 1957 III. 569/1 A count is validly made in three-cushion billiards in any one of four ways: (1) when the cue ball strikes an object ball and then strikes three or more cushions before striking the second object ball; (2) when the cue ball strikes three or more cushions before contacting the two object balls; (3) when the one ball strikes a cushion, then the first object ball, then two or more cushions and then the second object ball; (4) when the cue ball strikes two or more cushions, then the first object ball, then one or more cushions and finally the second object ball. 1974 Summer 3/1 Cure and Cutler played a game of three cushion billiards, a novelty at the time [sc. 1906]. the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > [adjective] > of three dimensions society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > cinematography > a film > type of film > [adjective] > other types 1955 W. Gaddis iii. v. 914 She's terrific, even in 3-D she'd be terrific. 1966 7 Dec. 10/2 Three-D Television is now the subject of experiment in several overseas countries, particularly Russia. 1971 ‘D. Halliday’ x. 130 Monopoly would maybe do. Or three-D noughts and crosses? 1983 20 May 5 d/4 But in a 3-D comic, futility flattens the actors even as the visual gimmick pops them out. the world > time > period > a day or twenty-four hours > [adjective] > of or lasting specific number of days society > occupation and work > work > times or periods of work > [noun] > working week > reduced working week 1890 18 Aug. 2/1 Whether you go by a two-day or a three-day coach. 1937 S. Cloete ix. 143 Three day sickness, which as a rule animals recovered from if left alone, meant abandoning beasts since there was no time to wait for them to recover. 1952 (Brit. Horse Soc.) 5 One Day combined Tests..lead up to the Olympic Three Day Event. 1963 E. H. Edwards vii. 69 This is not of importance by the time one's horse is sufficiently advanced to perform Three Day Event tests. 1965 18 Apr. 3 An annual three-day..walk. 1974 16 Feb. 1/1 The three-day week will carry unemployment to a very high level. 1976 21 May 2/5 The committee's three-day conference on negotiated independence..has been postponed. 1976 10 Dec. 57/1 (advt.) An ideal type to sire top quality point-to-pointers and three-day-eventers. 1977 M. Walker vi. 147 The state of national emergency and the three-day week. 1982 A. Barr & P. York 152/1 The easiest house parties are for a sport—racing, three-day event, shooting. the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > fever > [noun] > dengue the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of visible parts > eruptive diseases > [noun] > dengue 1897 T. C. Allbutt et al. II. 376 Synonyms [of Dengue]..polka fever (Brazilian), three days fever. 1909 Aug. 145 The scientific term, Ephemeral fever, as well as the lay term Three days' sickness, are both somewhat appropriate. the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > [adjective] > of three dimensions the world > relative properties > number > geometry > geometric space > [adjective] > of dimensions > of specific number of 1878 B. Stewart & P. G. Tait vii. §220. 221 Suppose our (essentially three-dimensional) matter to be the mere skin or boundary of an Unseen whose matter has four dimensions. 1882 G. M. Minchin 116 The general, or three dimensional, motion of a rigid body. 1920 W. W. Strong xvi. 142 In gravitational phenomena a small disturbance leaves a circular trajectory finite in a three dimensional space. 1923 H. Crane 2 Mar. (1965) 129 O yes, the ‘background of life’—and all that is still there, but that is only three-dimensional. 1925 B. Dobrée in W. Congreve p. xvii Congreve..made his people three-dimensional. 1953 19 Feb. 20 This much touted picture..is advertised as the first feature made in the three-dimensional Natural Vision process. 1971 A. Drummond 22 His children..emerge from the pages of his journals as sufficiently three-dimensional figures to be of interest to readers a century later. the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > [noun] > a) dimension(s) > property of having three dimensions the world > relative properties > number > geometry > geometric space > [noun] > being of specific number of dimensions 1926 H. Read i. 11/2 Three-dimensionality. Perspective and shading give the proper spatial relations of the various details represented. 1956 E. H. Hutten vi. 208 This..suggests that causal action exemplified by the inverse-square law is connected with the three-dimensionality of space. 1977 Nov. 69 The three-dimensionality of 19th- and 20th-century German cards is one of their distinguishing features. the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > [adverb] > specific the world > relative properties > number > geometry > geometric space > [adverb] 1958 C. Smith in ‘E. Crispin’ 210 Light..allowed the ships to reform three-dimensionally..as they moved from star to star. 1979 29 Mar. 439/2 The method for producing these three-dimensionally interconnected fibrous structures is described here. the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > breaking up land > ploughing > plough (land) [verb (transitive)] > plough for third or last time 1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach i. f. 22v For some seede, you must not only twyfallowe & threefallowe your ground, but also fourefallow it. the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > [adjective] > systems of cultivation 1869 Ann. Rep. Commissioner Agric. 1868 156 in (40th Congr., 3rd Sess.: House of Representatives Executive Doc.) XV The Polish three-field farming. 1907 M. C. F. Morris 251 Supposing the three-field system to be adopted. the world > relative properties > number > mathematical notation or symbol > [adjective] > written or designated by figures > grouping of figures 1855 J. Lang xv. 44 ‘There is not a really good placard on the walls—tens, and fifteens, and twenties; but not a single three-figure gentleman’ (he meant £100) ‘among 'em.’ 1861 C. Knight VII. 1007 A. De Morgan. Three-figure logarithms: three figures of numbers to three of logarithm, complete, on a sheet of 7½ by 6 inches. 1929 21 Aug. 12/1 A three-figure stand. 1973 J. Wainwright 5 It was a great car—a Jag. Mark II—well capable of three-figure speeds. 1978 R. V. Jones xxi. 174 Assuming..that the three-figure entries were bearings. society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > duration of notes > proportion of notes or rhythm > [noun] > specific rhythms 1902 14 June 4/3 The new waltz,..the ‘Military Dip’, is in three-four waltz time, and has one dip to each three counts. the world > relative properties > number > arithmetic or algebraic operations > [noun] > root > of cube of number the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electronics > electronic devices or components > thermionic valve > [noun] > fluctuation in anode current > specific law of anode current 1920 8 70 At low plate voltages..the measured values of the amplification constant are lower and the three-halves power law does not appear to hold. 1963 B. Fozard xi. 138 As the anode voltage is raised the equation to the anode characteristic takes the commonly assumed three-halves power law. 1877 E. H. Knight Three-high Roll (Metal-working), a rolling-apparatus in which three rollers are arranged in a vertical series. 1881 9 185 Three-high train, a roll-train composed of three rolls, the bar being entered on one side between the bottom and the middle roll, and on the other side between the middle and the upper roll. society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > children's game > marbles > [noun] > type of game 1853 E. Bulwer-Lytton I. i. xi. 66 Keep off the other boys from..playing three-holes and chuck-farthing. 1681 N. Grew i. vii. §2. 163 The little Three-Horned Beetle, Scarabæus Triceros minor. 1887 W. Morris tr. Homer I. xii. 219 Unto the Three-horned island she sent them aloof to dwell. society > faith > worship > observance, ritual > kinds of rite > Easter > [noun] 1864 30 Mar. 299/2 The English Church is indebted to Mr. Mackonochie for the revival of..the admirable ancient Office in Commemoration of the Three Hours.] 1898 (title) The three hours' service for Good Friday. 1923 5 May 753/2 Two hours afterwards I went to the Three Hours at a church in a residential southern suburb. 1976 July 5 The little church was packed from beginning to end of the Three Hours. the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > horse defined by purpose used for > [noun] > draught-horse > that pulls vehicle > team of three 1816 ‘Quiz’ vii. 198 When Jove had found that three in hand This Jehu did not understand. society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > metal > metal in specific state or form > [adjective] > welded > in specific manner 1892 W. W. Greener 5 Processes of Barrel Welding. (1) Three-Iron Damascus; (2) Two-Iron Damascus. the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Liliaceae family or plants > [noun] > Trillium 1760 J. Lee App. 320 Nightshade, Three-leaved, Trillium. society > leisure > sport > player or sportsperson > [noun] > champion or expert society > morality > moral evil > evil nature or character > lack of magnanimity or noble-mindedness > [noun] > baseness or moral vileness > person 1929 R. H. Barbour xxiv. 264 He wanted to be a ‘three-letter man’, and until a few days ago his chance had looked very bright. 1941 16 190 Three-letter man, F-A-G. 1946 J. Irving 81 A three-letter man is a ‘cad’. 1972 Feb. 114/2 A boxer of almost professional caliber; a three-letter man in college, a Rhodes scholar, he passed the bar examination but after only a year of practice decided ‘to chuck the law for astronomy’. society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > tenure of property > [adjective] > freehold > type of 1898 A. F. Leach I. p. xlv In 1300, one of the Canons leased, on the usual three-life system, some of the lands of his prebend. society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > window or door > types of window > [adjective] > other types of window the world > matter > light > artificial light > an artificial light > candle > support or holder for a candle > [noun] > candelabrum > with specific number of branches society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > window or door > types of window > [noun] > other types of window 1618 in R. Willis & J. W. Clark (1886) I. 208 One three light window and two single light windowes. 1853 in (Chetham Soc.) (1894) 10 Each side of the porch having open three-light windows. 1908–9 H. R. Barker 330 The east window is a Transitional three-light, and in the side walls are very good two-lights in square heads. 1937 Mar. 149/1 The three-light Peter de Dene window of the Minster. 1551 R. Record i. Defin. That the Greekes doo call Isopleuron, and Latine men æquilaterum: and in english it may be called a threlike triangle. society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > deliberative, legislative, or administrative assembly > governing or legislative body of a nation or community > procedure of parliament or national assembly > [adjective] > subjected to whip > type of whip 1939 W. I. Jennings iii. 78 A ‘three-line whip’ indicates that all other engagements should be put aside. 1958 27 June 826/3 A debate sufficiently important to warrant a three-line whip. 1975 J. P. Morgan iv. 127 Labour Peers took their own vote on the question of the vote in the Lords, choosing a free vote, unlike M.P.s who agreed to submit to a three-line whip. society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > deliberative, legislative, or administrative assembly > governing or legislative body of a nation or community > procedure of parliament or national assembly > [adjective] > subjected to whip > type of whip 1683 J. Moxon II. 223 He begins his Chapter..with a..Three or Four-lin'd Letter. a1912 A three-lined whip has been issued for to-night's division in the House of Commons. the world > food and drink > food > meal > [noun] > midday meal or lunch 1972 G. McGovern in W. Safire (1978) 727/1 The rich businessman can deduct his three-martini lunch, but you can't take off the price of a baloney sandwich. 1977 (Atlantic ed.) 26 Sept. 49/2 Carter has railed so vehemently against the ‘three-martini lunch’ that his staff has to come up with something. the world > time > period > minute > [adjective] > lasting specific number of minutes 1833 1 160 The present Mrs. S. admired his three minute roan. 1857 ix. 131 My three-minute glass lets the sand run through just in three minutes, which is time to boil an egg. 1874 211 They are able to ride in grand carriages with their three minute blacks hitched thereto. 1958 V. Bellerby in P. Gammond ii. 151 With the advent of the Long Playing record he has shown himself ready to compose well outside his former ‘three-minute’ form. 1927 W. E. Collinson 89 The house-agent's repulsive terminology e.g...a three nines agreement (i.e 999 years). 1982 P. Turnbull i. 11 Tango Delta Foxtrot..responded to a three-nines call for a fire appliance. 1735 J. Bertin 5 Another defence of the three Pawns gambet. 1992 39 Bertin Gambit..a variation of The King's Gambit... It is sometimes called the Three Pawns Gambit, but that name is appropriate only when the line reaches 1123. 1902 June 751 A three-phaser. 1912 G. Kapp vii. 187 We may also provide the armature with three distinct phase windings... Such a machine is called a ‘three-phaser’ or ‘three-phase machine’. the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > secrecy, concealment > a profound secret, mystery > puzzle, enigma, riddle > [noun] > especially difficult 1891 A. Conan Doyle in Aug. 197/2 It is quite a three-pipe problem, and I beg that you won't speak to me for fifty minutes. 1976 20 Nov. 1131/2 Appraising and comparing the effectiveness of what we do has certainly up to now proved to be what Sherlock Holmes would have called ‘a 3-pipe problem’. society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > piece of artillery > [noun] > guns by weight of shot > of specific weight of shot the world > animals > fish > [noun] > of specific weight the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > fish to be caught or as catch > [noun] > catch of fish > 3-pound fish 1684 J. P. von Valcaren 109 Three pounders of Iron. 1866 G. Bancroft IX. xx. 356 The Hessians captured two brass three-pounders, which had lately arrived from France. 1872 H. Kingsley II. 232 One three-pounder is worth fishing all day for. society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > golf > play golf [verb (intransitive)] > type of play society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > golf > play golf [verb (transitive)] > type of play or stroke 1946 2 July 17/6 Joe Kirkwood..scored a 74,..three-putting the last green. 1946 2 July 17/6 Lawson Little overshot the greens and three-putted frequently. 1978 16 Apr. e7/3 McLendon..three-putted the 18th about the same time. the world > relative properties > order > disorder > confusion or disorder > [noun] > a scene or place of confusion the mind > emotion > pride > ostentation > spectacular, sensational, or dramatic display > [noun] > instance or scene of society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > circus performance > [noun] > circus arena 1898 B. Matthews 145 What good is a three-ringed circus to anybody, except the boss of it? 1904 Aug. 161/2 A Barnum three-ring circus compared to Henry H. Rogers's exhibitions. 1904 ‘O. Henry’ in Apr. 613/2 They commenced to scramble down, and for awhile we had a three-ringed circus. 1914 R. Kipling (1917) 394 I can see lots of things from here. It's like a three-ring circus! 1951 M. Kennedy v. iii. 255 She was lovely and strange and agitating, but he did not want to turn his life into a three-ring circus. 1955 C. Hastings Uncertain Joy in XII. 243 Good God—is that all this three-ring circus is about? 1981 D. Clark viii. 159 Don't m'lud me... You turned my court into a damned three-ring circus. the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Euphorbiaceae (spurges and allies) > [noun] 1846–50 A. Wood 488 Acalypha Virginica. Three-seeded Mercury. 1939 Aug. 220/2 Such are the wood and false nettles..or the lowly bedstraws, clearweeds, pellitories, and three-seeded mercury. the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric manufactured in specific way > [adjective] > woven > woven with specific number of web shafts c1440 492/2 (MS. A.) Thre schaftyd clothe, trilix. the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > genus Ovus > [noun] > Ovus Aries (domestic sheep) > defined by age > three years old 1803 G. Culley in A. Hunter et al. (new ed.) IV. xxviii. 593 Under the necessity of wintering some of their three-shears before they are marketable. 1886 C. Scott 18 After the third shearing, three-shear or four-shear, three or four year olds, are the definitions employed. society > leisure > sport > types of play, actions, or postures > [noun] > actions 1927 C. A. Lindbergh v. 82 One of the first lessons was the ‘three sixty’—so named because its completion required a total change in direction of three hundred and sixty degrees. 1977 Sept. 7/1 The first really difficult stunt I learned then was a three-sixty. That..is a stunt where you spin the board through a full circle on its back wheels. 1925 P. J. Risdon 17 Three-slider tuners are also made which enable the amount of inductance common to the aerial and receiver circuits to be varied. the world > life > source or principle of life > vital principle > [noun] the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > metaphysics > ontology > [noun] > being or entity > vital principle in 1587 Sir P. Sidney & A. Golding tr. P. de Mornay xiv. 227 Whereas I say that the inward man hath a quickening power as a Plant hath, a sensitiue power as a Beast hath, and a power of vnderstanding wherby he is a man: my meaning is not that he hath three Soules but onely one Soule. 1602 B. Jonson v. iii. sig. L2v What? will I turne Sharke, vpon my Friends?.. I scorn it with my three Soules . View more context for this quotation 1645 J. Howell iii. xxix. 101 The Embryon is animated with three souls;..and these three in man are like Trigonus in Tetragono. 1702 W. Coward v. 110 The Notion of three Souls, so substantially United to the Body. 1736 R. Brookes tr. J.-B. Du Halde et al. III. 179 One would have thought her three Souls had left her. 1808 J. Barclay 262 The ancient Δυναμεις, the ministers of Physis, were classed by Plato under three souls, the rational, animal, and vegetative. 1864 Jan. 443/2 You shall hear the three souls manifest themselves—proclaim their own existence. 1907 Sept. 390/2 The possession and increase in riches, the sense of that advantage and its true uses for life, and last, the discerning the mercy and the purpose of God in the blessing of wealth—are compared to the three souls. 1987 S. Nicholson (1996) iii. 159 Peters relates the Tamang belief in three souls, the lower soul, the heart soul, and the soul of light. 2003 L. Hung et al. in N. Van Huy & L. Kendall x. 198 The Hmong recognise three separate souls... At death, the three souls all leave the body and go off in different directions. the world > space > [noun] > three-dimensional space 1972 Dec. 102/2 A Möbius strip, for example, has a handedness in 3-space that cannot be altered by twisting and stretching. 1977 12 May 29/1 A plane is infinite and unbounded. Bend it through ‘three-space’ (i.e., three-dimensional space) and it can be the closed surface of a sphere. the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > order Gasterosteiformes (sticklebacks) > [noun] > family Gasterosteidae > species aculeatus (three-spined stickleback) 1769 T. Pennant (new ed.) III. iv. 217 The Three Spined S[tickle] Back... These are common in many of our rivers. 1836 W. Yarrell I. 77 The Three-spined Stickleback was first described by Belon. 1971 23 Apr. 536/2 The three-spined stickleback..found sanctuary in the Atlantic. society > communication > indication > marking > mark of quality > [adjective] > of degree society > occupation and work > materials > fuel > chemical fuel > [adjective] > properties or characteristics the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > distilled drink > brandy > [adjective] > quality society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > accommodation or lodging > public lodging-places > [adjective] > class or type of hotel 1871 G. H. Lewes Let. 27 Aug. in (1955) V. 180 Will you meanwhile order for me from the Stores..3 bottles of Martorell's three stars Brandy at 5/-.] 1879 R. J. Atcherley ii. 32 In the up-country towns of the Transvaal..common brandy is retailed at 1s., and ‘Three Star’ at 1s. 6d. per glass. 1893 J. G. Wood 32 An Albany man..presented us with..a bottle of ‘Three-Star’ brandy. 1929 4 387 A little three-star Hennessey brought overland from Detroit. 1931 S. Cooke xvii. 172 The..Lion at Guildford..is a typical three-star A.A. hotel. 1939 ‘F. O'Brien’ i. 15 To all my friends forwarding 6d. and two S.A.E.'s I will present this three-star cast-iron plunger. 1944 Dec. 526 Whereas once a sword, a ship, was given an epithet fit for a hero or a goddess, today a warrior is labelled in the manner of a manufactured product:..3-star general. 1960 July 19/1 The number of three-star restaurants in France has just dropped from 11 to 10. This reduction has been effected by the Guide Michelin. 1968 28 Mar. 405/3 Courvoisier V.S.O.P., he croaked, none of your rotten Three Star. 1968 1 Aug. 159/3 To ask for..two gallons of three-star. 1973 J. Burrows xvii. 220 ‘I'd respect any decent woman.’ ‘What about Tamara Tayne?’ ‘That three star whore? That's a different category.’ 1973 H. Gilbert xiii. 114 He..poured himself a glass of three-star cognac. 1977 Spring 45/2 (advt.) Six-berth luxury caravan for hire on three-star site with all amenities. 1977 A. Sampson xvii. 288 He is a stocky three-star general from Alabama..on his tie was a three-star tie pin. 1979 13 Sept. 807/2 The typical three-star menu..of foie gras and truffles with everything... And still, in too many three-stars, foie gras with everything. 1982 S. Wilson ix. 85 We filled up with three-star..and I went to check the oil and tyres. the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > cultivated or ornamental trees and shrubs > [noun] > gleditschia or honey locust 1818 5 56 Gleditsia Triacanthos. It is also called Three-Thorned Acacia in the catalogues of nurserymen. 1822 S. Clarke II. 573 Gleditschia Triacanthos. Three thorned Acacia, or Honey Locust Tree. the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > ale or beer > mixed drinks of ale or beer > [noun] 1698 W. King 35 He had a thousand such Sort of Liquors, as..Three Threads, Four Threads. 1699 B. E. Three-threads, half common Ale, and the rest Stout or Double Beer. 1802 J. Feltham 249 Porter obtained its name about the year 1730..[it had previously been] the practice to call for a pint of three threads, meaning a third of ale, beer, and twopenny... A brewer of the name of Harwood conceived the idea of making a liquor which should partake of the united flavours of [all three]..calling it entire or entire butt. society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > parts of machines > other parts > [adjective] > converter > types of crank 1829 (Libr. Useful Knowl.) I. Hydraulics ii. 12 Keeping two or..three pumps constantly at work by what is called a triple or three-throw crank. 1900 19 726 Three-throw ram pump for dip workings. the world > time > frequency > [adjective] > repeated or recurring > a specific number of times the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > three > condition of being threefold > [adjective] > occurring three times 1908 J. Kelley vii. 81 Pat came back again; he was a three-time loser. 1914 L. E. Jackson & C. R. Hellyer 56 Loser noun, current amongst prison habitues. An ex-convict... Examples: ‘Three-time losers cop life in some states.’ 1943 P. Cheyney vi. 96 He's a three-time killer. 1979 20 Sept. 6 d/1 The Cats..will be led into tomorrow's meet by three-time All-America selection Thom Hunt and 1978 All-American choice Dirk Lakeman. 1847 15 From Common Time, thus—two-four time; two of Crotchets: three-two time. society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > pitch and toss, etc. > [noun] 1851 H. Mayhew I. 12/1 ‘Shove-halfpenny’ is another game played by them [sc. costermongers]; so is ‘Three up’. the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > logic > logical truth > [adjective] > characterized by truth values 1932 C. I. Lewis & C. H. Langford vii. 213 One such alternative is the Three-valued Calculus, developed by Lukasiewicz and Tarski. 1932 C. I. Lewis & C. H. Langford vii. 213 If, in addition, the number ½ is taken, then we have the matrix of the three-valued system. 1934 43 104 Professor Lukasiewicz is sole author of these systems, having originated the three-valued system in 1920, and n-valued systems in 1922. 1946 14 Sept. 356/2 This decisive step opens the way for the construction of a new non-Aristotelian logic, a ‘three-valued logic’ as it is called. 1965 N. Chomsky 232 Thus we can regard..gender as a three-valued..dimension. 1967 VII. 118/1 With this way of reconstructing quantum mechanics, use must be made of a three-valued logic. 1974 tr. W. F. Wertheim i. 100 Three-valued prestige models were used by people who placed themselves in the middle class. the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > types or qualities of intoxicating liquor > [adjective] > weak or diluted 1840 295 A large lump of salt beef, with some three water grog. 1905 25 May 4/7 Rum and water came to be called ‘grog’ likewise, being ‘two-water’ or ‘three-water’ grog, according to the proportions of the mixture. society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > junction of roads, paths, or tracks > [noun] 1787 49 He gets to a three-went way. society > travel > air or space travel > airfield or airport > [adjective] > at which airship may be moored > type of airship mooring the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electricity > electrical power, electricity > distribution system > [adjective] > operated by mains electricity > specific system 1898 9 July 7/2 There was some discussion as to the particular kind of electrical equipment to be used, but eventually the three-wire system was adopted. 1933 Suppl. at Three Three wire mooring. 1934 J. A. Sinclair ix. 186 Then came the three-wire system, which was first employed on the rigid airship No. 9 in 1917... To steady the bow, three wires were taken from the mooring point and attached to three bollards set in a triangle... A three-wire mooring was prepared at Pulham. society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > archer's weapons > [noun] > bow > types of bow society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > golf > equipment > [noun] > club > types of club 1875 II. 376/1 Bows..made of three pieces..are called three-woods... Three-wood bows being made a little reflex, should retain their shape. 1938 R. A. Whitcombe xiii. 80 The spoon—or as it is called the No. 3 wood—is one of the golfer's greatest friends.] 1949 B. Hogan ii. 15 Three wood..235 [yards]. 1960 24 June 19/2 Second shots with a three-wood and a one-iron at these two holes brought him just short of the green in each case. Draft additions September 2018society > communication > broadcasting > television > production of television broadcast > [noun] > shot > types of shot society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > cinematography > filming > shot > [noun] > types of 1934 Aug. 184/3 Medium ‘three-shot’ of the boys: Junior rubs his eyes..; Bobby pinches himself; and ‘Toughy’ acts rather frightened. 1991 Oct. 26/2 The first is a reasonably conventional sequence: master shot of Le Tour coming into a restaurant, three-shot of LeTour and his clients, a couple of close-ups. 2004 M. Strauss v. 85 Cut to a three-shot of Larita with the prosecutor (Greene) and his wife. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online March 2021). <  adj.n.803 |
