Defn: 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.
THREE
Three, n.
1. The number greater by a unit than two; three units or objects.
2. A symbol representing three units, as 3 or iii. Rule of three. (Arith.) See under Rule, n.
THREE-COAT
Three"-coat`, a. (Arch.)
Defn: 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-COLOR
Three"-col`or, a.
Defn: Designating, or pert. to, a photomechanical process employing printings in three colors, as red, yellow, and blue.
THREE-CORNERED
Three"-cor`nered, a.