THREDEN
THRED'EN, adjective Made of thread; as threaden sails. [Little used.]THREAD'-SHAPEDTHRED'-SHAPED, adjective In botany, filiform.
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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THREDY
THRED'Y, adjective Like thread or filaments; slender.1. Containing thread.
THREE
THREE, adjective [Latin tres.]1. Two and one.I offer thee three things. 2 Samuel 24:12.2. It is often used like other adjectives, without the noun to which it refers.Abishai--at...
THREE-CAPSULED
THREE-CAP'SULED, adjective Tricapsular.
THREE-CELLED
THREE-CEL'LED, adjective Trilocular.
THREE-CLEFT
THREE-CLEFT', adjective Trifid.
THREE-CORNERED
THREE'-CORNERED, adjective [three and corner.]1. Having three corners or angles; as a three-cornered hat.2. In botany, having three sides, or three prominent longitudinal angles...
THREE-FLOWERED
THREE'-FLOWERED, adjective [three and flower.]Bearing three flowers together.
THREE-GRAINED
THREE'-GRAINED, adjective Tricoccous.
THREE-LEAVED
THREE'-LEAVED, adjective [three and leaf.] Consisting of three distinct leaflets; as a three-leaved calyx.
THREE-LOBED
THREE'-LOBED, adjective [three and lobe.] A three-lobed leaf, is one that is divided to the middle into three parts, standing wide from each other and having convex margins.
THREE-NERVED
THREE'-NERVED, adjective [three and nerve.] A three-nerved leaf, has three distinct vessels or nerves running longitudinally without branching.
THREE-PARTED
THREE'-P'ARTED, adjective [three and parted.] Tripartite. A three-parted leaf, is divided into three parts down to the base, but not entirely separate.THREE'-PENCE, noun thrip'e...
THREE-PETALED
THREE'-PETALED, adjective [three and petal.] Tripetalous; consisting of three distinct petals; as a corol.THREE'-PILE, noun [three and pile.] An old name for good velvet.THREE'-...
THREE-POINTED
THREE'-POINTED, adjective Tricuspidate.
THREE-SEEDED
THREE'-SEEDED, adjective [three and seed.] Containing three seeds; as a three-seeded capsule.
THREE-SIDED
THREE'-SIDED, adjective [three and side.] Having three plane sides; as a three-sided stem, leaf, petiole, peduncle, scape, or pericarp.
THREE-VALVED
THREE'-VALVED, adjective [three and valve.] Trivalvular; consisting of three valves; opening with three valves; as a three-valved pericarp.
THREEFOLD
THREE'FOLD, adjective [three and fold.] Three-double; consisting of three; or thrice repeated, as threefold justice.A threefold cord is not quickly broken. Ecclesiastes 4:12.
THREESCORE
THREE'SCORE, adjective [three and score.] Thrice twenty; sixty; as threescore years.
THRENE
THRENE, noun [Gr.] Lamentation. [Not used.]
THRENODY
THREN'ODY, noun [Gr. lamentation, and ode.] A song of lamentation.
THRESH
THRESH, verb transitive To thrash. [See Thrash.] The latter is the popular pronunciation, but the word is written thrash or thresh indifferently. [See the derivation and definit...
THRESHER
THRESH'ER, noun The sea fox.
THRESHHOLD
THRESH'HOLD, noun1. The door-sill; the plank, stone or piece of timber which lies at the bottom or under a door, particularly of a dwelling house, church, temple or the like; he...
THREW
THREW, preterit tense of throw.
THRICE
THRICE, adverb [from three; perhaps three, and Latin vice.]1. Three times.Before the cock crow, thou shalt deny me thrice Matthew 26:34.2. Sometimes used by way of amplification...