Three \Three\, a. [OE. [thorn]re, [thorn]reo, [thorn]ri, AS.
[thorn]r[=i], masc., [thorn]re['o], fem. and neut.; akin to
OFries. thre, OS. thria, threa, D. drie, G. drei, OHG.
dr[=i], Icel. [thorn]r[=i]r, Dan. & Sw. tre, Goth.
[thorn]reis, Lith. trys, Ir., Gael. & W. tri, Russ. tri, L.
1. Cf. 3d Drilling,
Tern, a., Third, Thirteen, Thirty, Tierce, Trey,
Tri-, Triad, Trinity, Tripod.]
One more than two; two and one. ``I offer thee three
things.'' --2 Sam. xxiv. 12.
Three solemn aisles approach the shrine. --Keble.
Note: Three is often joined with other words, forming
compounds signifying divided into, composed of, or
containing, three parts, portions, organs, or the like;
as, three-branched, three-capsuled, three-celled,
three-cleft, three-edged, three-foot, three-footed,
three-forked, three-grained, three-headed,
three-legged, three-mouthed, three-nooked,
three-petaled, three-pronged, three-ribbed,
three-seeded, three-stringed, three-toed, and the like.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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