Word Meanings - THREECORNERED - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Having three prominent longitudinal angles; as, a three- cornered stem.

• THREEPILE
  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.
• Havenage
  Harbor dues; port dues.
• Three-decker
  A vessel of war carrying guns on three decks.
• Three-score
  Thrice twenty; sixty.
• Three-sided
  Having three sides, especially three plane sides; as, a three-sided stem, leaf, petiole, peduncle, scape, or pericarp.
• THREEPLY
  Consisting of three distinct webs inwrought together in weaving, as cloth or carpeting; having three strands; threefold.
• Three-flowered
  Bearing three flowers together, or only three flowers.
• Three-square
  Having a cross section in the form of an equilateral triangle; -- said especially of a kind of file.
• THREEPOINTED
  Having three acute or setigerous points; tricuspidate.
• Threefold
  Consisting of three, or thrice repeated; triple; as, threefold justice.
• Three-valved
  Consisting of, or having, three valves; opening with three valves; as, a three-valved pericarp.
• THREEPORT
  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 the piston near the end of its stroke.
• Anglesite
  A native sulphate of lead. It occurs in white or yellowish transparent, prismatic crystals.
• Three-handed
  Said of games or contests where three persons play against each other, or two against one; as, a three-handed game of cards.
• Three-way
  Connected with, or serving to connect, three channels or pipes; as, a three-way cock or valve.
• THREEQUARTER
  Measuring thirty inches by twenty-five; -- said of portraitures. Three-quarter length, a portrait showing the figure to the hips only.

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