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One of three fabled sisters, Stheno, Euryale, and Medusa, with snaky hair and of terrific aspect, the sight of whom turned the beholder to stone. The name is particularly given to Medusa.

• THREEVALVED
  Consisting of, or having, three valves; opening with three valves; as, a three-valved pericarp.
• Stonecutter
  One whose occupation is to cut stone; also, a machine for dressing stone.
• Stonework
  Work or wall consisting of stone; mason's work of stone.
• Three-parted
  Divided into, or consisting of, three parts; tripartite.
• Turnbroach
  A turnspit.
• Turnkey
  A person who has charge of the keys of a prison, for opening and fastening the doors; a warder.
• Turnwrest
  Designating a cumbersome style of plow used in England, esp. in Kent.
• THREEDECKER
  A vessel of war carrying guns on three decks.
• Sightsmen
  of Sightsman
• Sightsman
  One who reads or performs music readily at first sight.
• THREEWAY
  Connected with, or serving to connect, three channels or pipes; as, a three-way cock or valve.
• Stonecutting
  Hewing or dressing stone.
• Stonewort
  Any plant of the genus Chara; -- so called because they are often incrusted with carbonate of lime. See Chara.
• Threepence
  A small silver coin of three times the value of a penny.
• Turn-buckle
  A loop or sleeve with a screw thread at one end and a swivel at the other, -- used for tightening a rod, stay, etc.
• Turn-outs
  of Turn-out
• ASPECTRATIO
  The ratio of the long to the short side of an aëroplane, aërocurve, or wing.
• Medusae
  of Medusa
• THREEFLOWERED
  Bearing three flowers together, or only three flowers.

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