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Traditional English :: three
three - n. & adj.
--n.
    1 a one more than two, or seven less than ten. b a symbol for this (3, iii, III).
    2 a size etc. denoted by three.
    3 the time of three o'clock.
    4 a set of three.
    5 a card with three pips.
--adj.
    that amount to three.
    three-card trick a game in which bets are made on which is the queen among three cards lying face downwards. three cheers see CHEER . three-colour process a process of reproducing natural colours by combining photographic images in the three primary colours. three-cornered 1 triangular.
    2 (of a contest etc.) between three parties as individuals. three-decker 1 a warship with three gun-decks.
    2 a novel in three volumes.
    3 a sandwich with three slices of bread. three-dimensional having or appearing to have length, breadth, and depth. three-handed 1 having or using three hands.
    2 involving three players. three-legged race a running-race between pairs, one member of each pair having the left leg tied to the right leg of the other. three-line whip a written notice, underlined three times to denote urgency, to members of a political party to attend a parliamentary vote. three parts three quarters. three-phase see PHASE . three-piece consisting of three items (esp. of a suit of clothes or a suite of furniture). three-ply adj. of three strands, webs, or thicknesses.
--n.
    1 three-ply wool.
    2 three-ply wood made by gluing together three layers with the grain in different directions. three-point landing Aeron. the landing of an aircraft on the two main wheels and the tail wheel or skid simultaneously. three-point turn a method of turning a vehicle round in a narrow space by moving forwards, backwards, and forwards again in a sequence of arcs. three-quarter n. (also three-quarter back) Rugby Football any of three or four players just behind the half-backs.
--adj.
    1 consisting of three-fourths of something.
    2 (of a portrait) going down to the hips or showing three-fourths of the face (between full face and profile). three-quarters three parts out of four. three-ring circus esp. US 1 a circus with three rings for simultaneous performances.
    2 an extravagant display. the three Rs reading, writing, and arithmetic, regarded as the fundamentals of learning. three-way involving three ways or participants. three-wheeler a vehicle with three wheels. [OE thri f. Gmc]
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