Word Meanings - THRICE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Three times.

• Three-pile
  An old name for the finest and most costly kind of velvet, having a fine, thick pile.
• THREECORNERED
  Having three prominent longitudinal angles; as, a three- cornered stem.
• THREETORQUESYSTEMOFCONTROL
  Any system of rudders by which the pilot can exert a turning moment about each of the three rectangular axes of an aëroplane or airship.
• THREEVALVED
  Consisting of, or having, three valves; opening with three valves; as, a three-valved pericarp.
• Three-piled
  Having the quality of three-pile; best; most costly.
• THREEDECKER
  A vessel of war carrying guns on three decks.
• THREEFLOWERED
  Bearing three flowers together, or only three flowers.
• TIMESIGNATURE
  A sign at the beginning of a composition or movement, placed after the key signature, to indicate its time or meter. Also called rhythmical signature. It is in the form of a fraction, of which the denominator indicates the kind of note taken as time uni
• 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.
• THREEHANDED
  Said of games or contests where three persons play against each other, or two against one; as, a three-handed game of cards.
• Three-cornered
  Having three corners, or angles; as, a three-cornered hat.
• Three-quarter
  Measuring thirty inches by twenty-five; -- said of portraitures.
• Three-decker
  A vessel of war carrying guns on three decks.
• Three-score
  Thrice twenty; sixty.

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