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The three days preceding the Feast of the Ascension.

• Precedented
  Having a precedent; authorized or sanctioned by an example of a like kind.
• Threepenny
  Costing or worth three pence; hence, worth but little; poor; mean.
• THREEHANDED
  Said of games or contests where three persons play against each other, or two against one; as, a three-handed game of cards.
• Precedential
  Of the nature of a precedent; having force as an example for imitation; as, precedential transactions.
• Three-pile
  An old name for the finest and most costly kind of velvet, having a fine, thick pile.
• THREELOBED
  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 parts of the sinuses being rounded.
• Precedently
  Beforehand; antecedently.
• Three-piled
  Having the quality of three-pile; best; most costly.
• Ascensional
  Relating to ascension; connected with ascent; ascensive; tending upward; as, the ascensional power of a balloon.
• Three-ply
  Consisting of three distinct webs inwrought together in weaving, as cloth or carpeting; having three strands; threefold.
• THREENERVED
  Having three nerves. Three-nerved leaf (Bot.), a leaf having three distinct and prominent ribs, or nerves, extending from the base.
• Three-coat
  Having or consisting of three coats; -- applied to plastering which consists of pricking-up, floating, and a finishing coat; or, as called in the United States, a scratch coat, browning, and finishing coat.
• Three-pointed
  Having three acute or setigerous points; tricuspidate.
• THREEPARTED
  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-cornered
  Having three corners, or angles; as, a three-cornered hat.

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