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Three-decker (n.)

A vessel of war carrying guns on three decks.

Three-flowered (a.)

Bearing three flowers together, or only three flowers.

Three-handed (a.)

Said of games or contests where three persons play against each other, or two against one; as, a three-handed game of cards.

Three-leafed (a.)

Alt. of Three-leaved

Three-leaved (a.)

Producing three leaves; as, three-leaved nightshade.

Three-leaved (a.)

Consisting of three distinct leaflets; having the leaflets arranged in threes.

Three-lobed (a.)

Having three lobes.

Three-nerved (a.)

Having three nerves.

Three-parted (a.)

Divided into, or consisting of, three parts; tripartite.

Three-pile (n.)

An old name for the finest and most costly kind of velvet, having a fine, thick pile.

Three-piled (a.)

Having the quality of three-pile; best; most costly.

Three-piled (a.)

Fig.: Extravagant; exaggerated; high-flown.

Three-piled (a.)

Accustomed to wearing three-pile; hence, of high rank, or wealth.

Three-ply (a.)

Consisting of three distinct webs inwrought together in weaving, as cloth or carpeting; having three strands; threefold.

Three-pointed (a.)

Having three acute or setigerous points; tricuspidate.

Three-quarter (a.)

Measuring thirty inches by twenty-five; -- said of portraitures.

Three-score (a.)

Thrice twenty; sixty.

Three-sided (a.)

Having three sides, especially three plane sides; as, a three-sided stem, leaf, petiole, peduncle, scape, or pericarp.

Three-square (a.)

Having a cross section in the form of an equilateral triangle; -- said especially of a kind of file.

Three-valved (a.)

Consisting of, or having, three valves; opening with three valves; as, a three-valved pericarp.