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A vessel of war carrying guns on three decks.
Bearing three flowers together, or only three flowers.
Said of games or contests where three persons play against each other, or two against one; as, a three-handed game of cards.
Alt. of Three-leaved
Producing three leaves; as, three-leaved nightshade.
Consisting of three distinct leaflets; having the leaflets arranged in threes.
Having three lobes.
Having three nerves.
Divided into, or consisting of, three parts; tripartite.
An old name for the finest and most costly kind of velvet, having a fine, thick pile.
Having the quality of three-pile; best; most costly.
Fig.: Extravagant; exaggerated; high-flown.
Accustomed to wearing three-pile; hence, of high rank, or wealth.
Consisting of three distinct webs inwrought together in weaving, as cloth or carpeting; having three strands; threefold.
Having three acute or setigerous points; tricuspidate.
Measuring thirty inches by twenty-five; -- said of portraitures.
Thrice twenty; sixty.
Having three sides, especially three plane sides; as, a three-sided stem, leaf, petiole, peduncle, scape, or pericarp.
Having a cross section in the form of an equilateral triangle; -- said especially of a kind of file.
Consisting of, or having, three valves; opening with three valves; as, a three-valved pericarp.