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thirdadj.adv.n. Etymology: Old English þridda, -e, þird(d)a, -e, Common Germanic and Indo-European; = Old Frisian thredda, Old Saxon thriddio (Middle Low German drudde, derde, Dutch derde), Old High German dritto (Middle High German, German dritte), Old Norse þriðe, -i (Swedish tredje, Danish tredie), Gothic þridja, < Old Germanic *þriđjó-, < Indo-European *tritjós: compare Greek τρίτος, Latin tertius, Sanskrit trtīyas. The metathesis of third for thrid appears already in Old Northumbrian c950, but thrid was the prevalent type down to the 16th cent. A. adj. (and adv.) As with other ordinals, usually the third: see the adj. 17. 1. The ordinal numeral corresponding to the cardinal numeral three adj. and n.; the last of three; that comes next after the second. the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > three > that which is third > [adjective] the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > three > group of three > [adjective] > third in order 971 15 Þy þriddan dæge he of deaþe ariseþ. OE [see α. forms]. ?c1225 (?a1200) (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 14 Þe þridde dale. 1340 R. Rolle 1664 Here bigynnes þe thred part. 1497 in M. Oppenheim (1896) 141 The thryde day of Marche. 1533 J. Bellenden tr. Livy (1901) I. iii. xi. 292 To be haldin þe thrid day eftir þe nundinis. 1552 R. Huloet Thyrde sillable, ante penultima. 1598 A. M. tr. J. Guillemeau 30/1 The finger called Medicus, or thirde finger. 1754 E. Burt I. ii. 25 Enquire for such a Launde.., where the Gentleman Stayd, at the thrid Stair, that is three Stories high. 1847 A. Helps I. vi. 92 I prefer real life..where there is no third volume [as in a novel] to make things straight. 1414 IV. 59/2 Kyng Henry the Thridde. a1563 J. Bale (1969) i. 1070 Pope Innocent the thred. 1735 S. Johnson tr. J. Lobo 73 King John the Third [of Portugal]. the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > three > division into three > [noun] > a third c950 Matt. xxii. 26 gelic ðe æftera..& ðe ðirda [Rushw. þridde]. c1175 133 Ðreo þing..þet oðer is goddes word and þet ðridde is weldede. c1384 (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Dan. v. 7 Who euere shal reede this wrytyng..shal be the thrid in my rewme. a1400 (a1325) (Vesp.) l. 358 Þe thrid es air, and fir þe ferth. c1440 (Harl.) xv. 51 And so he wrote to the thrid, þat seid she lovid him. 1552–3 Inventory Church Goods in (1863) IV. 70 iij vestements, one of whyte fustian, another of blacke chamblet, & the thryd of blewe sarsynet. 1654 J. Playford 29 Six strings, which are usually named thus:..The first is called the Treble, the second, the Small Meane, the third, the Great Meane. 1821 W. Scott III. xiii. 266 ‘Hush! thou knave!’ said a third; ‘how know'st thou who may be within hearing?’ 1530 J. Palsgrave 93 In verbes of theyr thyrde conjugation I fynde a litell more difficultie. a1586 Sir P. Sidney (1590) ii. viii. sig. T1 He had..forgotten in speaking of him selfe to vse the third person. 1764 W. Primatt 111 Provided they were third persons plural. 1848 J. T. White (1872) ii. iv. §5 Notes 116 Sometimes..the third future is used, instead of the common future, to point out more forcibly all but immediate occurrence of some future action. 1857 M. Williams §415 Fortunately..the third preterite occurs but rarely in the better specimens of Hindú composition. the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > there is much success [phrase] > likely to succeed at third attempt c1840 E. B. Barrett (1933) 5 ‘The luck of the third adventure’ is proverbial.] 1862 A. Hislop 194 The third time's lucky. 1882 R. L. Stevenson II. 59 ‘The next time we come to blows——’ ‘Will make the third,’ I interrupted... ‘Aye, true... Well, the third time's lucky.’ 1941 N. Marsh vii. 136 It was a glancing blow..but..it might have been my head... One of them's saying to himself, ‘Third time, lucky’. 1979 J. Tate tr. K. A. Blom ix. 82 Lars Westerberg discovered that the expression third time lucky had something in it. 2. the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > three > that which is third > [adjective] > in addition to and distinct from two others the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > settlement of dispute, arbitration > [noun] > one who arbitrates > with casting vote society > law > administration of justice > general proceedings > [noun] > person involved in proceedings > besides two primarily concerned the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > absence of prejudice > [noun] > absence of definite stance c1290 Beket 415 in I. 118 Þat þridde þing ȝeot mest of alle and sonest in wrathþe hem brouȝte. c1475 (?c1400) (1842) 3 And þe þrid, if he be moost obedient to God and to His lawe. 1579 W. Wilkinson f. 17v Incorporall and immateriall essences cannot be coupled in the same third matter. 1709 E. Ward tr. 189 Any thing is easily believ'd that is to the Disreputation of a third Person. 1757 Ld. Chesterfield 31 Dec. (1932) (modernized text) V. 2277 I could neither visit, nor be visited by, the ministers of those two Crowns; but we met every day, or dined at third places. 1818 W. Cruise (ed. 2) I. 444 The clause..extends..to third persons only; not to the persons conveying, or those to whom lands are conveyed to uses. 1866 C. Kingsley I. xvii. 318 Martin Lightfoot..was as a third hand and foot to him all day long. 1878 B. Stewart & P. G. Tait iv. §122. 133 There can be no third thing besides body and void. [Cf. tertium quid n.] the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > damage to reputation > slander or calumny > [noun] > one who slanders a1382 (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Ecclus. xxviii. 16 The thridde tunge manye men stirede. a1425 (c1395) (Royal) (1850) Ecclus. xxviii. 19 (margin) The tunge of the preuey bacbiter is clepid the thridde tunge..and the bacbiter him silf hath the thridde tunge, for he, as the thridde, makith debate betwen a man and his neiȝbore. 1535 Ecclus. xxviii. 14–15 The thirde tonge hath disquieted many one, and dryuen them from one londe to another... The thirde tonge hath cast out many an honest woman, and robbed them of their labours. the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > three > division into three > [noun] > a third a1400 (a1325) (Vesp.) l. 973 Þe half parte gladli or þe thrid we wil þe giue. 1483 385/2 Þe Thryd parte of a halpeny, trissis. 1489 (a1380) J. Barbour (Adv.) ii. 305 Þe thrid part went to þe forray. 1576 W. Lambarde 228 The Monkes should enioy the whole tongue, and two third partes of the rest of the body. 1611 Rev. viii. 8 The third part of the sea became blood. View more context for this quotation 4. the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > three > division into three > [noun] > a third c1400 (Roxb.) xix. 87 Sum..at ilke a thridd passe knelis doune apon þe erthe. 1423 (1909) 295 Have he, for his labour, the tryd peny that shal be recovered. a1578 R. Lindsay (1899) II. 315 Thair come in be sie sa meikill victuallis that it come downe the thrid penny. 1600 W. Shakespeare iii. ii. 302 This same staru'd iustice hath done nothing but prate to me..and euery third word a lie. View more context for this quotation 1627 (Bannatyne Club) 3 Ten landis..payis presentlie the thrid scheiff and teind led. 1706 (new ed.) Third-penny, the third part of Fines and Profits, arising from Law-Processes, which in every County was heretofore allow'd to the Sheriff; the other two Parts being appointed for the King's Use. 1716 A. Pope 5 You shall have your Third Share of the Court Poems. 1902 at Quartan Characterized by the occurrence of a paroxysm every fourth (in mod. reckoning, every third) day. the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > fever > [noun] > fever of specific duration 1818 W. Cobbett Let. 10 Dec. in (1819) iii. 390 You would frighten him into a third-day ague. the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > three > that which is third > [adjective] > having two superior in specific attribute 1487 (a1380) J. Barbour (St. John's Cambr.) xiii. 321 He was the thrid best knycht, perfay, That men wist liffand in his day. 1859 iii. 155 I am wondering whether everybody arranges his wardrobe as our ungrammatical nurses used to do ours, under the heads of ‘best, second-best, third-best’, and so on. 1962 E. Snow (1963) lxvii. 508 In 1960 it was the world's third-greatest reservoir. 1962 E. Snow (1963) lxxv. 577 The most significant additions to China's third-largest educational center are the T'ung Chi Medical College and hospitals. 1979 Winter 62 Pursuing policies that would be optimal in a first-class world when one actually lives in a..third-best world can be highly inefficient. B. n.society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > hire or rent > rent (land or real property) > [noun] > paid in produce or livestock c1384 (Douce 369(2)) (1850) 1 Macc. x. 29 Nowe Y assoile ȝou..of tributis, and I forȝeue to ȝou the pricis of salt, and forȝeue crownys, and the thriddis [a1425 L.V. thridde part] of seed. 1479 (1839) 32/2 Þat þe schiref..deliuer þe said vmfra & his tennandis ane evinly thrid þarof. a1616 W. Shakespeare (1623) v. v. 113 Men, Who of their broken Debtors take a third, A sixt, a tenth, letting them thriue againe. View more context for this quotation 1705 J. Addison 136 No Sentence can stand that is not confirm'd by Two Thirds of this Council. 1799 J. Robertson 139 In most parts of Strathallan, the land is kept in thirds, (i.e.) one third in tillage for three year, and two thirds always grass. 1852 R. F. Burton vi. 71 One will require at least a third more breaking than another. 1884 J. Tait in Apr. 156 The Master was to have the third and teind shorn and set up. 1893 94 504/1 Whether such a gift..would be divisible into moieties or thirds. society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > impost, due, or tax > fixed proportion dues or taxes > [noun] > two-thirds society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > right to succeed to title, position, or estate > succession > [noun] > descent by inheritance > that which is inherited > widow's inheritance 1396 in 14 318 Swa mykyl as pertenys to the modyr of the forsaid Erle..be resone of hir thryd. 1540 in J. W. Clay (1902) VI. 106 She [the wife] to be fullie content with hir thirds. 1609 J. Skene tr. i. 113. 1629 Vse of Law 72 in J. Doddridge By this course of putting Lands into vse, there were many Inconveniences; as..The wife was defrauded of her thirds. The Husband of beeing Tenant by curtesie [etc.]. 1636 in R. F. Williams (1848) (modernized text) II. 239 Having renounced her jointure and thirds, she may be so utterly undone. 1664 in S. A. Green (1880) 145 Vnto which alienation the wiues of them both doe giue their consent to the giuing vp their thirds. 1709 S. Sewall 18 Nov. (1973) II. 628 30.£ more to Grace, and 12. to her Brother, to come out of their Mothers Thirds now to be divided. 1767 W. Blackstone (ed. 2) II. vii. 116 The wife of the tenant in tail shall have her dower, or thirds, of the estate-tail. 1848 H. D. Thoreau (1864) ii. 156 There you are never reminded that the wilderness which you are threading is, after all, some villager's familiar wood-lot, some widow's thirds. 1429 in T. Rymer (1710) X. 422 Eny Thriddes, or other Gaines of Werre. 1444 in (1891) XII. 319 The thrides of the thrides of all maner Prisoners, Prises, and wynynges. 1627 in R. F. Williams (1848) (modernized text) I. 234 A commission to proceed against recusants for their thirds due to his majesty by law. 1573 in J. Cranstoun (1891) I. xlii. 812 Thir thriddis, I say, but stopping ony, The Kirkis Collectouris suld vptane, Syne vnto the Excheker gane. c1575 (1754) 143 The teindis, landis, maillis, fermis, and dewteis of landis assumit in the thriddis of benefices. 1586 in (Bannatyne Club) 449 The haill prelaceis of our reallme ar bund and obleissit to warrand their thridis to ws fra thair awin deidis. 1838 W. Bell Thirds... Before the annexation of the year 1587, the King, in order to prevent the entire abstraction of their provisions from the acting clergy,..assumed into his own hands a third of the revenues of all ecclesiastical benefices, which he intrusted to the Commissioners of Plat, who assigned to the ministers respectively sufficient provisions, and reserved the remainder for the King. [See plat n.3 5]. society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > hire or rent > rent (land or real property) > [noun] > initial payment by tenant > specifically of college rooms 1687 Wilding in C. R. L. Fletcher (1885) I. 255 Reced of my Chum for thirds. 1826 C. Wordsworth Let. in I. 38 Tell my father that I expect he will hear something about ‘the thirds’ which we pay for furniture, &c. 1853 ‘C. Bede’ iv. 34 Mr. Filcher then explained the system of thirds, by which the furniture..was to be paid for. 1858 T. J. Hogg I. 69 Transferring the..movables to the successor on payment of thirds, that is, of two-thirds of the price last given. society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > pitch > interval > [noun] > third 1597 T. Morley 70 Which distances make a Concord or consonant Harmony?..A third, a Fift, a Sixt, and an eight. 1655 J. Playford i. 31 You will Tune a Third, which is from Sol to Mi. 1737 tr. J.-P. Rameau xi. 37 Those Notes, which are a Third above, are deemed Thirds, when the Bass descends from these to the First. 1855 R. Browning Toccata of Galuppi's vii, in I. 58 Those lesser thirds so plaintive. 1855 R. Browning xviii We shall have the word In a minor third There is none but the cuckoo knows. 1884 Parry in Grove IV. 102 Third, one of the most important intervals in modern music... Three forms are met with in modern music—major, minor, and diminished. 7. the world > time > period > a second > [noun] > specific part of the world > relative properties > number > geometry > angle > [noun] > degree > second > sixtieth part of 1595 J. Davis i. sig. B4 Euery degree..doth containe 60 minutes, and euery minute 60 seconds, and euery second 60 thirds, &c. 1604 in F. Moryson (1617) I. iii. vi. 282 [Table of Scottish weights of coins], xx. s. [sterling]..06 Pennyweights, 10 Graines, 16 Mites, 18 Droits, 10 Periots, [English Weight] 07 Deniers, 21 Graines, 07 Primes, 01 Seconds, 09 Thirds, 19 Fourths, [Scottish Weight]. 1694 W. Holder ii. 32 To divide..an Hour into 60′ (Minutes), a Minute into 60″ (Second Minutes), a Second Minute into 60‴ (Thirds). 1840 D. Lardner 56 This system of division is sometimes carried even further, a second being divided into sixty equal parts called thirds; but it is more usual to express small angles or arcs in decimal parts of a second. the world > relative properties > number > ratio or proportion > fraction > [noun] > decimal > point or place 1660 J. Moore 10 Some call their Tenth part Primes, the Hundereth parts Seconds, the 1000 parts Thirds. 1766 C. Hutton 55 The 1st, 2d, 3d, 4th, &c. places of decimals..are denominated the places of primes, seconds, thirds, and fourths, &c. respectively. society > trade and finance > merchandise > [noun] > low quality goods 1768 J. Wedgwood Let. June in (1965) 66 All our thirds shall be saved for you. 1823 J. Badcock 163 Flour or bread,..of the usual London manufacture, as seconds, thirds, and browns. 1832 G. R. Porter 186 Crown glass is sold, according to its quality, under four different denominations—firsts, seconds, thirds, and fourths. 1888 (Weekly ed.) 14 Sept. 19/1 Fruit should be sorted into bests and seconds and in some cases into thirds. 1903 21 Apr. 2/6 Cork butter.—Firsts, 86s.; seconds, 80s.; thirds, 78s. 9. Elliptical uses of the adjective passing into noun. society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > [noun] > relative of specific degree 1535 W. Stewart tr. H. Boethius (1858) III. 260 The erle of Arrane, lord of Hammiltoun, Evin thrid and thrid to him [that] weiris the croun. 1569 II. 39 The said Erll and the said umquhile Johnne Suthirland quha wes slane thrid and ferdis of kin [the Earl's father was cousin to John's grandmother]. 1583 in D. H. Masson (1880) 1st Ser. III. 622 Quha and he ar secundes and thriddes of kin. 1892 G. Stewart (ed. 2) ix. 71 Auld Ibbie Bartley, dat wis trids o' kin to my wife's foster midder, an' her oey. the world > time > period > a month or calendar month > [noun] > specific day of a month the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > other grammatical categories or concepts > [noun] > person > second or third person society > faith > aspects of faith > Bible, Scripture > Testament > [noun] > book > third chapter 1530 J. Palsgrave Introd. 33 The thyrde syngular [endeth]..most commenly in T. 1536 T. Cromwell in R. B. Merriman (1902) II. 1 From Eltham thridde of Janua[ry]. 1539 C. Tunstall (1823) 86 It is written in the thirde of Matthewe. 1747 May 247/1 On Sunday the 3d of May. 1857 M. Williams §330 It is the only conjugation that rejects the nasal in the 3d. plur. society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > material for making paper > paper > materials made from paper or pulp > [noun] > cardboard > types of 1891 (at cited word) Thirds card, a card 1½ by 3 inches, the size most used for a man's visiting-card. (Eng.). 1892 Sizes of Cards..Extra Thirds 3 × 17/ 8. Thirds 3 × 11/ 2 in. the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > three > that which is third > [noun] a1635 R. Sibbes (1656) 104 He must be a friend or enemy; there is no third in God. 1859 (new ed.) 44 In the third [class railway-carriage] he will have to sit next to an odoriferous ploughboy. 1864 F. C. Bowen iii. 49 The Axiom which is usually called the Law of Excluded Third. 1889 W. T. Linskill iii. 15 Odd No. 1. ‘Stroke a hole’... Sometimes a ‘third’ is given, which means the application of..Odd No. 1 at every third hole. 1891 Third... In base-ball, same as third base. 1900 1 46 The Russian peasant who travels third is not accustomed to luxuries. 1902 J. E. Flecker Let. in J. Sherwood (1973) iii. 37 I have got a third in Mods! 1903 30 Dec. 11/1 It is of course the Third Preference stock which is directly affected... Some operators are anticipating that the Thirds will get a half per cent. more than for last year. 1908 25 Apr. 2/3 Off they went into the stokehole, where the Third put two of them to mind the feed-checks. 1909 J. S. V. Bickford §1173 Let us now consider a change from a lower gear to a higher (neutral to first, first to second, second to third, etc.). a1912 Mr. A. did badly; he only got a third in Greats. 1924 C. Connolly Let. 21 Sept. in (1975) 13 I have run out of money and have to spend three nights Third in the train. 1931 16 Oct. 2/1 Four-speed gear box, with silent third. 1942 Nov. 297 For the polished word of an Oxford Third Has left them cheerfully chastened. 1952 4 Jan. 7/3 The ‘Third’ is continuing a series of programmes on Dvořák. 1970 N. Fleming viii. 107 Melanie flipped the car deftly into third and tramped on the accelerator. 1972 P. Black iii. iv. 173 The job of the Home was to reflect..the life of the whole community... The Third's was to broadcast only those things that had artistic value and serious purpose. 1979 ‘G. Black’ i. 9 ‘I've my Second Mate's papers,’ ‘And you sail as that?’ ‘No. A Third.’ 10. the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > sheep-farming > [noun] > profit-sharing agreement 1824 E. Curr 78 It is a common practice for persons who have not sufficient land, or who cannot attend personally to their flocks, to give them in charge to another party, who receives one third of the increase for his trouble..and if the party taking them [sc. the flocks] for ‘the thirds’ be careful and trust-worthy, it is beneficial to both parties. 1852 G. C. Mundy I. viii. 282 One may buy stock,..or take stock on the system of ‘thirds’, in which the working partner gets one third of the wool and of the increase, while the proprietary partner..follows some other profession. 1878 E. Jollie 18 [Watts]..agreed to take my sheep on ‘thirds’ for three years. On ‘thirds’ meant that he was to have one third of the wool each year and I had to have two thirds. 1930 L. G. D. Acland 1st Ser. viii. 206 For five years part of the run and sheep were let on thirds to a man named Thomas. the world > food and drink > farming > [noun] > types of farming 1940 W. Faulkner i. i. 8 ‘What rent were you aiming to pay?’ ‘What do you rent for?’ ‘Third and fourths,’ Varner said. 1964 No. 1. 62 He could take advantage of the new system of farming rented land. ‘You call that third-and-fourths, now. I do my own furnishing and then the man that owned the land would get [e]very third bale of cotton, every fourth load of corn.’ 1967 G. W. Walton in xlvii. 29 Thirds and fourths,..a method of tenant farming whereby the following practices are common: the landowner furnishes the land and a house for the tenant; the tenant furnishes his own plow animals and tools and does all the work; the tenant then pays for one-fourth of the seed and fertilizer for growing the cotton and receives one-fourth of the cotton grown; the tenant pays for one-third of the seed and fertilizer for growing corn and receives one-third of the corn. 1976 C. S. Brown 198 Third and fourth,.…One who pays at this rate is a ‘share tenant’. .. He supplies his own equipment... Then he pays one third of the seed and fertilizer for cotton, and pays one fourth of his crop as rent. Compounds C1. Combinations, collocations, or phrases with special meaning (some of which may be used attributively or as adj. ). society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > baseball > baseball player > [noun] > fielder or baseman 1857 7 Feb. 373/1 Mr. Scott, their third base man is always at his post. 1936 O. Nash 38 Long have I wondered why a locomotive engineer should be so much nicer than an ambassador or a novelist or a banker or a third-baseman or a quartermaster or a lancer. 1978 16 Apr. (Detroit Suppl.) 23/3 Phil spent all of 1977 with Tigers and figures to be the club's 3rd baseman of the future. society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > cousin > [noun] > parent's second cousin 1840 E. Bulwer-Lytton i. ii. 7 You are very, very, very distantly connected with the deceased—a third cousin, I think? 1921 G. B. Shaw ii. 65 They are all third cousins of somebody with a title or a park. 1901 31 Jan. 7/3 The third-cousinships of German Princes. society > education > learning > learner > one attending school > [adjective] > form or class 1687 E. Settle 63 So old a Phrase,..that it has been in twenty third-Form School-Boys Exercises. society > education > learning > learner > one attending school > [noun] > division of pupils > form or class > pupil in 1869 R. D. Blackmore I. ii. 17 A third-former nearly six feet high. c1400 xxvi. 208 Men seyen ‘good geten vntrewly, The iijde eyre browke hit ne may’. 1484 W. Caxton tr. xviii Of the thynge wrongfully and euylle goten, the thyrd heyre shalle neuer be possessour of hit. 1959 M. Schlauch iv. 121 These deviations from strictly completed structure, occurring in formal discourse, are obviously very different from the rambling repetitions, the loose pleonasms and unfinished statements of third-level speech as exemplified in Juliet's nurse. 1975 30 May 10/4 About 55,200 students were expected to leave the primary, post-primary and third-level education this year. the world > the universe > star > star-matter > [noun] > magnitude 1905 13 Feb. 10/1 In the constellation of the Twins, near the third-magnitude star Mu. 1656 H. Phillippes (1676) A iv b An house of the third rate. 1908 W. James Let. 9 Jan. in R. B. Perry (1935) II. 485 Surely truth can't inhabit a third realm between realities and statements or beliefs. 1957 G. Ryle in M. Black (1962) 167 It is..positively misleading to speak as if there existed a Third Realm whose denizens are Meanings. 1961 5 Aug. 321/1 We had a total of 236 calls, of which 177 were for third-stage complications. 1967 J. H. Sudd vi. 125 Large third-stage larvae are fed more often than small ones of the same stage. 1679 J. Moxon I. vii. 130 Your Ground-plot, or second or third Story. 1930 W. B. Yeats 16 The third-story skylarks are singing again. 1890 30 June There would be no third termery in it, as he [Pres. Cleveland] had not two consecutive terms. C2. the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > fever > [noun] > fever of specific duration 1674 N. Fairfax 131 In the very fit of a Third Ague. the world > time > period > a day or twenty-four hours > specific days > [noun] > Tuesday 1677 in W. Penn (1694) 9 A Monthly Meeting..upon the third third day of the Month. the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > thickness > [noun] 1840 W. Whewell I. ii. vi. 109 The eye..sees length and breadth, but no third dimension. In order to know that there are solids, we must infer as well as see. 1923 H. Crane 20 Jan. (1965) 116 I prefer Egyptian sculpture to the Greek, and this book makes me feel that the Greeks had more to express in line and design than they had in the third dimension. 1964 M. McLuhan (1967) i. i. 28 He acquires the illusion of the third dimension. the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > thickness > [adjective] 1934 H. C. Warren 277/1 Third-dimensional. 1937 R. T. Holbrook & F. J. Carmody (Univ. Calif. Publ. Mod. Philol.) 188 Only with such a spray [sc. lipiodol] can the third-dimensional aspect be brought out, giving vivid pictures of the epiglottis and tongue. 1954 365 Third dimensional (3-D) or stereoscopic films viewed through polaroid spectacles were no novelty in London. the mind > mental capacity > psychology > theory of psychoanalysis > [noun] > practitioner of 1907 H. Zimmern tr. F. Nietzsche viii. 202 What a torture are books written in German to a reader who has a third ear... These were my thoughts when I noticed how..unintuitively two masters in the art of prose-writing have been confounded. 1948 T. Reik ii. xv. 144 The psychoanalyst has to learn how one mind speaks to another beyond words and silence. He must learn to listen ‘with the third ear’. 1979 F. Kermode i. 5 The best psychoanalysts are admired..for their powers of divination, for the acuteness of their third ear. society > society and the community > social class > the common people > [noun] > as represented in Parliament 1604 in T. Rymer & R. Sanderson (1715) XVI. 562/1 Knightes and Burgesses..doe present the Bodie of the Thirde Estate. 1855 F. B. Wells tr. (title) The Formation and Progress of the Tiers État, or Third Estate in France. 1875 W. Stubbs II. xv. 185 That portion of the third estate which was represented by the knights of the shire. the world > the supernatural > deity > other deities > [noun] > Indian or Hindu > Shiva > eye of insight or destruction the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > intuition > [noun] 1810 E. Moor 36 He [sc. Siva] has a third eye in his forehead, pointing up and down. 1921 D. T. Suzuki in May 33 The power to see into the nature of one's own being lies also hidden here [in the subconscious]. Zen awakens it. The awakening is known as Satori, or the opening of a third eye. 1936 D. Thomas 38 No third eye probe into a rainbow's sex That bridged the human halves. 1978 S. Gooch v. 202 It is the pineal gland to which the Hindu mystics of 3000 years ago gave the name of ‘the third eye’—the ‘eye’ of clairvoyance and second sight. the world > animals > animal body > general parts > head and neck > [noun] > third or inner eyelid 1822 J. M. Good III. 19 In the elephant, oppossum, seal, cat kind, and various other mammals, all birds, and all fishes we find a third eye-lid, or nictitating membrane as it is usually called. 1892 C. S. Minot (1897) xxviii. 727 The third eyelid is well developed in birds, etc., but is rudimentary in man. 1983 Apr. 86/2 When a cat falls asleep..its eyes close, and the nictitating membrane (the ‘third eyelid’) covers part of the eye under the outer eyelids. society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > [noun] > floor or storey > upper floors 1908 14 Aug. 8/6 Immediately after the arrival of the third-floor-back lodger a transformation takes place. society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > wind instrument > woodwind instruments > [noun] > flute > transverse flutes 1876 J. Stainer & W. A. Barrett 433/2 Third flute. [Terzflöte]. ?1905 G. F. Goodchild & C. F. Tweney 434/2 There is also a flute in E♭ (often spoken of as the third flute in F, but tuned to E♭), which transposes a minor third higher. 1954 (ed. 5) III. 168/1 In the 18th century this [sc. the Flute in F] was known as the ‘third’ flute or ‘tierce’, since it stood in pitch a minor third above the ordinary flute, whose lowest note at that time was most usually d′. the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > absence of prejudice > [noun] > absence of definite stance > person characterized by > collectively society > authority > rule or government > politics > party politics > a party > [noun] > types of party generally (in various countries) 1933 1 Sept. 718 Le projet qui suit a été établi par le Comité économique du mouvement de la Troisième Force et adopté par son Congrès National, à Tours, les 28 et 29 juillet.] 1936 E. Burns tr. Thorez iv. xxv. 228 The ‘new economic régime’ proposed in the ‘Third Force’ plan is dressed up in anti-Capitalist garb to make it capable of attracting and winning over the masses. 1951 N. Mitford ii. xi. 256 Mr Clarkley, more interested in French politics than English elegance, began asking a few questions about the Third Force. 1955 G. Greene ii. iii. 160 There was always a Third Force to be found free from Communism and the taint of colonialism—national democracy he called it. 1956 XXXV. 60 An armed ‘third force’. 1963 31 Jan. 194/2 Some Europeans have a vision of a great power arising to take its place alongside the Soviet Union and the United States—a third force, possibly armed with a separate European deterrent free of American control. 1971 31 Aug. 1 What was needed was an immediate increase in the strength of the UDR—or if necessary the formation of a ‘third force’. 1974 27 Feb. 6/2 A doubling of the vote for the third-force candidates would still leave the relative positions of the Conservative and Labour parties unaffected on current evidence from the polls. 1981 24 Nov. 1/4 The ‘third force’ which Loyalist hardliners have formed as their own anti-IRA vigilante group made its first significant appearance on the streets during a commemoration service for terrorist victims. society > authority > rule or government > politics > party politics > a party > [noun] > types of party generally (in various countries) 1956 11 Oct. (B ed.) 16/2 People ‘in the know’ in Holland have been talking about the influence over the Queen held by a faith-healer... The healer..professes to be uninterested in politics, but she is closely connected with a movement called ‘The Third Way’, something like the ‘Third Force’ which swept Europe after the war. The movement is strongly neutralist and pacifist..and is opposed to Holland's commitments to NATO. society > education > learning > learner > one attending school > [noun] > division of pupils > form or class > pupil in 1962 A. Lurie i. 19 You make me sound like a third-grader. ‘I learned simple division, Mummy, and drew a picture of an Eskimo.’ the world > time > day and night > day or daytime > morning > [noun] > third hour society > faith > worship > canonical hours > tierce (9 a.m.) > [noun] c1384 (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Deeds ii. 15 Whanne it is the thridde our of the day. 1706 tr. L. E. Du Pin II. v. 43 Called Tierce, because it began at the Third Hour of the day. the mind > language > speech > request > one who requests > [noun] > one who canvasses or lobbies > group 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 > [noun] > attempting to influence parliament or assembly > one who > collectively 1849 28 Dec. 1/2 The solicitude manifested by the members of the legislature to ascertain where they are to get their mileage and per diem, is a subject of much jocularity among the third house. 1889 J. S. Farmer at Lobby The lobby is also called the ‘Third House’. 1950 31 Jan. 24/1 In a state where the Third House, the lobbyists,..spend millions every year.., a legislator going on a payroll for 75 bucks a week is looked upon as just a precedent-setting price-cutter, undermining the foundations of a fine profession. the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > ancient Greek philosophy > [adjective] > Aristotelian > of elements of Aristotelianism the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > ancient Greek philosophy > post-Socratic philosophy > [noun] > Aristotelianism > elements of society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > lacrosse > [noun] > specific positions society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > fielding > [noun] > fielding position > specific society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > cricketer > [noun] > fielder > fielders by position society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting sports > boxing > [noun] > referee society > law > rule of law > lawlessness > [noun] > crime > a criminal or law-breaker > one who assists > third participant 1801 T. Taylor tr. Aristotle i. vii. 26 Some make ideas of things relative, of which we do not say there is an essential genus, and some assert that there is a third man. 1851 F. W. Lillywhite in F. Lillywhite (ed. 4) 23 If Long-slip is required, take the Third man away. 1871 A. Hoppe Third man, einer der fielders im Cricket. 1881 14 June 3/8 The catch that dismissed him was an easy one at third man. 1891 W. G. Grace x. 260 Third man must ask the bowler whether he should stand rather fine or square. 1897 E. T. Sachs in S. Christopherson et al. 104 In third man I like a powerful player, and a tall. 1916 A. E. Taylor in XVI. 255 What I propose to show is that the appeal to the regress..is certainly not what Aristotle usually has in mind when he speaks of a certain type of argument as the ‘third man’. 1920 S. Alexander I. ii. iii. 218 This objection..is analogous to one of the kinds of objection taken in ancient Greece to the Forms under the name of the argument of the ‘third man’. 1924 W. D. Ross I. 195 Other forms of the ‘third man’ argument. 1927 J. Palmer i. 2 I have acted as third man in the ring on at least three thousand occasions. 1949 G. Greene in Mar. 142 (title) The 3rd Man. 1949 G. Greene in Mar. 149/2 And the third man? Who was he? 1954 63 342 Plato could neither convince himself that the Third Man Argument was valid, nor refute it convincingly. 1960 M. Golesworthy 171/2 Corri..was the third man in the ring for the middleweight bout. 1964 (‘Know the Game’ Ser.) 34/2 Third Man should mark Third Home closely. 1977 M. Green (rev. ed.) ix. 434 Kim Philby was finally identified as the ‘Third Man’, in 1963, when he too fled to Moscow. society > trade and finance > stocks and shares > [noun] > traffic in stocks and shares > types of market 1964 15 Jan. 1/6 A 10-man Big Board committee..is..studying the expanding role of off-board trading, or the ‘third market’ as it has come to be known. (The other two are the exchange markets and the over-the-counter market in unlisted securities.) 1823 C. Bell (1824) 359 The voluntary nerves of the eye are the third and sixth. The third nerve arises from the crus cerebri. a1883 C. H. Fagge (1886) I. 487 Such an affection of the third or of the seventh nerve is associated with hemiplegia. society > faith > church government > laity > lay associations > Third Order > [noun] 1629 J. Wadsworth vii. 72 There is besides another Nunnery of the third Order of St. Francis. 1737 R. Challoner xviii. 184 Besides these there are..Nuns of the third Order of St. Francis. 1908 24 Dec. 6/3 The..version of the Rule of the Third Order found..in the Capistran Convent in the Abruzzi. society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > architecture > arch > [noun] > parts of 1728 E. Chambers Third-Point, or Tierce-Point, in Architecture, the Point of Section in the Vertex of an Equilateral Triangle. Arches or Vaults of the Third Point..are those consisting of two Arches of a Circle, meeting in an Angle a-top. 1868 G. M. Hopkins (1959) 186 The nave is very long, the roof, Third-Pointed, very low... The Third-Pointed altar-screen..and the choir screen..were beautiful in design and proportion. society > leisure > dancing > ballet > [noun] > positions society > authority > rule or government > politics > Central and South American politics > [noun] > Peronism (Argentina) 1953 G. I. Blanksten iii. xii. 281 Peronism..was not naziism. It was not fascism. It was not communism... It was justicialismo, or the ‘Third Position’. 1971 A. Hennessy in A. Bullock 120/2 In spite of..exaggerated claims for the ideology of ‘justicialism’ as a Third Position—neither capitalism nor communism—Peronism's impact outside Argentina was limited. society > communication > broadcasting > radio broadcasting > [noun] > radio service > specific 1946 1 July 8/3 The future of broadcasting and television was outlined by Sir William Haley... He said that a third programme was planned and awaited only the completion of the Brookman's Park high mast. 1946 349/2 The Third Programme, introduced on Sept. 29, 1946, is broadcast on 203·5 metres and 514·6 metres. 1946 21 Dec. 921/1 Oh yes, I've met him, of course—awfully decent fellow and all that, but frightfully Third Programme! 1951 J. B. Priestley ii. i. 145 She had fine eyes but a rather ugly despairing sort of mouth, as if she came out of one of those Greek tragedies on the Third Programme. 1960 22 July 6/3 The lectures—one of the ‘Third Programme’ ventures that Radio Eireann manages to squeeze in to its narrow broadcasting hours. 1966 H. Ogdon in ‘H. MacDiarmid’ ii. 56 In England, of course, it [sc. an Indian naga] is esoteric, ‘Third Programme’; a thesis could be written on it. 1980 29 May 14/6 MacNeice's most famous two plays..had an impact on a mass Home Service audience before he and his work disappeared into the Third Programme. 1867 29 June 808 It is throughout a double track road, and a third rail is laid..for the accommodation of the wide cars of that line. 1890 129 268 In 1879, Dr. Werner Siemens constructed and operated an exhibition railway... A third rail centrally placed between the other two was used as the outgoing conductor. 1901 23 July 4/3 A new electric railway..built on the ‘third rail’ system, which is believed to represent a great economy as compared with the overhead system. 1905 2 Feb. 3/4 Avoiding the dangers which had been experienced with the third-rail system. 1916 7 Jan. 1/2 This recipe is for fourteen and one-half gallons of the ‘third-rail’ liquor. 1928 J. Callahan (1929) i. 4 A shot of the third-rail booze that the Silver Alley joints peddled. 1972 Sept. 331/3 Invalides is the terminus of the Western Region 750V third-rail service to Versailles Rive Gauche. 1972 Sept. 332/3 From October 1, the third-rail electric trains from Paris St Lazare to St Germain will be replaced by 1500V dc RER trains. society > law > legislation > [noun] > reading of bill ?1571 14 Apr. 2 16 The Bill for Seweres the thirde readinge. 1878 W. Stubbs (ed. 2) III. xx. 466 It [sc. a bill] is brought up for a third reading, debated again if necessary, read a third time and passed. a1974 R. Crossman (1976) II. 407 Though we had 116 to start with there were only ninety-nine left when the Third Reading vote came. society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > versification > [noun] > terza rima 1820 Ld. Byron 20 Mar. (1977) VII. 58 You will find..in third rhyme (terza rima),..Fanny of Rimini. society > education > learning > learner > college or university student > [noun] > 3rd or final year student 1841 16 Oct. 165/1 His Mentor is ready in the shape of a third-season man. society > society and the community > social class > the common people > [noun] > as represented in Parliament 1669 E. Chamberlayne 457 (heading) Of the Commonalty or Third State of England. society > leisure > the arts > music > written or printed music > notation > [noun] > stave > specific stave 1876 J. Stainer & W. A. Barrett 433/2 Third Stave, a name given to the stave upon which pedal music is written for the organ. 1960 17 May 44 Gunther Schuller..has been heralding the arrival of what he calls a ‘third stream’ of music—a music that is neither jazz nor ‘classical’ but that draws on the techniques of both. 1962 W. Balliett 214 ‘What about the third stream?’ I asked. ‘I [sc. Gunther Schuller] coined the term as an adjective, not a noun... This music is only beginning. I conceive of it as the result of two tributaries—one from the stream of classical music and one from the other stream, jazz—that have recently flowed out toward each other. 1977 11 Feb. 144/5 The heady days of the ‘Third Stream’ of the late 1950s, when it seemed possible that string quartets and free-form saxophonists might sit down and make common cause together. 1866 A. C. Swinburne 43 Who swims in sight of the great third wave That never a swimmer shall cross or climb. 1933 XLII. 175 We come now to the ‘third wave’ of the discussion. 1965 4 Apr. 31/3 The third wave in the tide of emancipation. 1949 H. F. Mins tr. G. Lukács in R. W. Sellars et al. 572 Modern phenomenology is one of the..philosophical methods which seek to rise above both idealism and materialism by discovering a philosophical ‘third way’, by making intuition the true source of knowledge. 1972 13 Aug. 16/2 At present, the only possible alternative route for the big tanker lies some 1,200 miles to the south... The idea of a ‘third way’, as it is often called here, could be attractive to the Japanese. 1947 27 May 16/3 Sir John Boyd Orr..said in an interview..that a Third World War would be in the making unless some sort of world food plan was established. 1976 26 Nov. 6/4 He is correct when he says that ‘dreaming of a world free from conflict will get nowhere’, but working for such a world is a different proposition, and unless people are prepared to devote time and energy to that end there can only be a third world war. 1891 (St. Andrews Univ.) 15 Jan. The present designations—Second-year man, Third-year man, and Fourth-year-man are colourless and awkward. Why should not Bejants become Semis, then Tertians, and close their career with the melancholy glory of Magistrand? Draft additions 1993the world > people > person > old person > [noun] > old age 1972 16 Mar. 13/7 We have devised a package deal for elderly people from the Continent... We are attempting to attract some Belgian old age pensioners. In Belgium it is called the third age. 1980 4 Jan. b5/3 The seven senior citizens—or ‘Dancers of the Third Age’—continually delight audiences, wherever they perform. 1987 29 Mar. 10/8 Pétain himself took a rather more sprightly view of life in what is now fashionably called the ‘third age’. Draft additions March 2017 1826 June 160 Origen was of the third gender. 1897 2 Sept. 317/2 The young clergyman..shrinks from being classified with that third gender to which members of his profession have been said to belong. 1963 15 Aug. 4/5 If we cannot believe in men or women, shall we pray for the creation of a third gender? 1972 102 376/2 Voorhies..has found at least five societies that recognize a third gender. 1996 S. O. Murray vi. 161 An indigenous liminal/sacralized ‘third gender’ role that used to be called berdache (derived from the Persian bardag) is now called ‘two spirit’. 2016 (Nexis) 24 Apr. Supreme court judgments in India and Pakistan have upheld the rights of third gender groups such as Hijras and Kothis. Draft additions December 20021903 A. W. Small Let. in 15 (1937) 309/2 Either I was having a bad attack of aphasia or the people at the Macmillan end had landed on some sort of third rail before they undertook to translate me. 1924 21 385 If grade-pupils can be thrown into the mad vortex of human affairs..they can be also thrown into the not quite so mad reign of natural law. The third rail is hardly any more fatal or more ubiquitous than the third degree.] 1982 (Nexis) 24 May 24 Social security..is, in the words of one Democrat, the ‘third rail of American politics’ and the one great hazard that Ronald Reagan and his Republicans had hoped to avoid touching in election year 1982. 1993 Oct. 90/2 Unless we are willing to touch the third rail of American politics and rein in the growth in middle- and upper-class entitlements, our goal will elude us. 2000 24 Nov. e1 Should you purchase a computer that runs Microsoft Windows or Apple's Mac OS? This little question is the third rail of technology journalism. Draft additions December 20021980 A. Toffler i. 30 Today all the high-technology nations are reeling from the collision between the Third Wave and the obsolete encrusted economies and institutions of the Second. 1981 Jan. 6 (title) As the Third Wave approaches higher education: Planning for the electronic institution. 1997 M. Collin & J. Godfrey v. 157 Dance partisans..considered themselves..as Third Wave techno-rebels. Draft additions December 2007the mind > emotion > pleasure > happiness > supreme or heavenly happiness > [noun] c1384 (Douce 369(2)) 2 Cor. xii. 2 I woot a man in Crist..rauyschid til to the thridde heuene [L. ad tertium caelum]. c1480 (a1400) St. Paul l. 948 in W. M. Metcalfe (1896) I. 56 Paule..thocht þat he was rewyst ewine..to þe thred hewyne & syne in paradis. 1547 Queen Katherine Parr sig. A.vv Sainct Paule desired to knowe nothing but Christ crucified, after he had ben rapt into the thirde heauen. 1635 J. Reynolds (new ed.) iv. xvii. 390 Now likewise is Le Valley (in his conceit and minde) rapt up into the third Heaven of joy, in injoying his faire and sweet wife Martha. 1748 J. Wesley 22 Mar. (1931) II. 140 I no more imagine that I have already attained, that I already love God with all my heart, soul, and strength, than that I am in the third heaven. 1808 L. Stuart Let. 6 Feb. in D. Hewitt (1981) 91 I have read Marmion twice to all this family; every one delighted but the young people in the third Heaven. 1899 R. Tayler in R. J. Thomson (1985) 9/1 Sam's big brown whiskers rolled and tumbled in ecstacy on his fiddle, as he..reveled in the third heaven of ‘Arkansas Traveler’. 1989 64 399 Paul ascended to the third heaven but returned to endure the assaults of the flesh. Draft additions September 20161830 W. Carleton I. 64 You've got two difficult tasks over you; but you know the third time's the charm. 1894 16 May 5/2 That ‘the third time's the charm’ has evidently not proved true in Lillian Russell's matrimonial adventures. 1909 21 Aug. 11/6 The third was the charm... The stork recently paid his third visit since their marriage, and his gift was a baby boy. 1955 J. H. Long vi. 107 Usually the tasks number three—the third time is the charm—and usually the hero is enabled to perform his tasks by the aid of some helper. 1994 L. P. Delis ii. 28 ‘Hell, third time's a charm,’ Giff roared confidently. 2006 (Nexis) 23 May 25 (heading) Third time's the charm for Mackay. Defender at last set to play in the Premiership. Draft additions March 20211989 R. Oldenburg i. 16 The third place is a generic designation for a great variety of public places that host the regular, voluntary, informal, and happily anticipated gatherings of individuals beyond the realms of home and work. 2003 S. Brown 33 The easy chairs, the terrazzo flooring, the tinkling, jazz-tinged soundtrack..combine to create a special space, a third place, a decompression zone interposed between work and home. 2019 (Nexis) 29 Mar. Developers and landlords are adding enhanced green space, restaurants, [and] recreational activities..to attract consumers to stay for longer periods of time. A so called ‘third place’..which entails a playful and communal atmosphere. Draft additions March 20211990 M. Bassand in J. E. Hilowitz i. 29 The third space..is localized in segregated locales such as sports stadiums, cinemas, cafes, restaurants,..ski slopes and beaches. 1995 (Nexis) 18 Oct. We have to try to have this conversation in what many academics are now calling the third space. It's not government. It's not in the privacy of our own homes. It's in community centers. It's in civic institutions. 2013 27 Oct. (Mag.) 27/2 For school-age children the fried-chicken shops are now ‘third spaces’ between the classroom and home. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online March 2021). thirdv. 1. the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > three > division into three > divide into three [verb (transitive)] > divide into three equal parts 1455 (1814) II. 44/2 Þt na man gang away wt na maner of gudis quhill it be thriddyt, and partyt befor þe chiftane. a1625 W. Shakespeare & J. Fletcher (1634) i. ii. 96 What man Thirds his owne worth. View more context for this quotation 1747 B. Franklin Let. in (1887) II. 97 That celerity doubled, tripled, &c., or halved, thirded, &c. 1874 Furnivall in 16 Such a course would have halved or thirded the number of our subscribers. society > trade and finance > specific types of trade > [verb (transitive)] > trade in old college furniture 1811 R. Fenton 157 The same..tale..is always worse told by him that tells it last; till like college furniture, too often thirded, it becomes too threadbare for credit. 2. the world > action or operation > easiness > aid, help, or assistance > support > support or backing > support, side with, or back [verb (transitive)] > for a third time 1656 T. Burton (1828) I. 90 It has been firsted, seconded, and thirded. 1707 N. Luttrell Diary in (1857) VI. 233 A motion of the lord Wharton, seconded and thirded by the lords Somers and Hallifax. 1893 E. H. Baker in 174 That resolution..was seconded by a theological professor... It was thirded by a pastor in the Episcopal Church. society > armed hostility > military operations > distribution of troops > [verb (transitive)] > support 1602 R. Carew i. f. 84v The next Captains should forthwith put themselues with their companies, into their assigned sea-coast townes, whom the adioyning land-forces were appoynted to second and third. the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preparation of grain > [verb (transitive)] > clean grain the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > breaking up land > break up land [verb (transitive)] > hoe > for the third time 1683 J. Erskine 20 Sept. (1893) 17 I was winding and thirding some corn. 18.. (Halliw.) ‘Ar them there tahnups done woth?’ ‘No, we are thirding 'em.’ This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online March 2022). <  adj.adv.n.c950 v.1455 |
