Threatful
Threat″ful (?), a. Full of threats; having a menacing appearance. Spenser. — Threat″ful‐ly, adv.
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.
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Threave
Threave (?), n. Same as Thrave.
Three
Three (?), a. [OE. þre, þreo, þri, AS. þrī, masc., þreó, fem. and neut.; akin to OFries. thre, OS. thria, threa, D. drie, G. drei, OHG. drī, Icel. þrīr, Dan. & Sw. tre, Goth. þr...
Three (2)
Three, n. 1. The number greater by a unit than two; three units or objects.2. A symbol representing three units, as 3 or iii.Rule of three. (Arith.) See under Rule, n.
Three-coat
Three″–coat′ (?), a.(Arch.) Having or consisting of three coats; — applied to plastering which consists of pricking-up, floating, and a finishing coat; or, as called in the Unit...
Three-color
Three″–col′or, a. Designating, or pert. to, a photomechanical process employing printings in three colors, as red, yellow, and blue.
Three-cornered
Three″–cor′nered (?), a. 1. Having three corners, or angles; as, a three-cornered hat.2. (Bot.) Having three prominent longitudinal angles; as, a three-cornered stem.
Three-decker
Three″–deck′er (?), n.(Naut.) A vessel of war carrying guns on three decks.
Three-flowered
Three″–flow′ered (?), a.(Bot.) Bearing three flowers together, or only three flowers.
Three-handed
Three″–hand′ed (?), a. Said of games or contests where three persons play against each other, or two against one; as, a three-handed game of cards.
Three-leafed
{ Three″–leafed′ (?), Three″–leaved′ (?), } a.(Bot.) (a) Producing three leaves; as, three-leaved nightshade. (b) Consisting of three distinct leaflets; having the leaflets arra...
Three-lobed
Three″–lobed′ (?), a. Having three lobes.Three-lobed leaf(Bot.), a leaf divided into three parts, the sinuses extending not more than half way to the middle, and either the part...
Three-mile
Three″–mile′, a. Of or pertaining to three miles; as, the three-mile limit, or the limit of the marine belt (the three-milebelt or zone) of three miles included in territorial w...
Three-nerved
Three″–nerved′ (?), a. Having three nerves.Three-nerved leaf(Bot.), a leaf having three distinct and prominent ribs, or nerves, extending from the base.
Three-parted
Three″–part′ed (?), a. Divided into, or consisting of, three parts; tripartite.Three-parted leaf(Bot.), a leaf divided into three parts down to the base, but not entirely separate.
Three-pile
Three″–pile′ (?), n. An old name for the finest and most costly kind of velvet, having a fine, thick pile.I have served Prince Florizel and in my time wore three-pile. Shak.
Three-piled
Three″–piled′ (?), a. 1. Having the quality of three-pile; best; most costly.Thou art good velvet; thou 'rt three-piled piece. Shak.2. Fig.: Extravagant; exaggerated; high-flown...
Three-ply
Three″–ply′ (?), a. Consisting of three distinct webs inwrought together in weaving, as cloth or carpeting; having three strands; threefold.
Three-pointed
Three″–point′ed (?), a.(Bot.) Having three acute or setigerous points; tricuspidate.
Three-port
Three″–port′, a. Having three ports; specif.: Designating a type of two-cycle internal-combustion engine in which the mixture enters the crank case through a port uncovered by t...
Three-quarter
Three″–quar′ter (?), a.(Paint.) Measuring thirty inches by twenty-five; — said of portraitures.Three-quarter length, a portrait showing the figure to the hips only.
Three-score
Three″–score′ (?), a. Thrice twenty; sixty.
Three-sided
Three″–sid′ed (?), a. Having three sides, especially three plane sides; as, a three-sided stem, leaf, petiole, peduncle, scape, or pericarp.
Three-square
Three″–square′ (?), a. Having a cross section in the form of an equilateral triangle; — said especially of a kind of file.
Three-torque system of control
Three″–torque′ system of control. (Aëronautics) Any system of rudders by which the pilot can exert a turning moment about each of the three rectangular axes of an aëroplane or a...
Three-valved
Three″–valved′ (?), a. Consisting of, or having, three valves; opening with three valves; as, a three-valved pericarp.
Three-way
Three″–way′ (?), a. Connected with, or serving to connect, three channels or pipes; as, a three-way cock or valve.