Noah Webster Dictionary (1913 edition): Third

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Noah Webster Dictionary (1913 edition): Third


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(1):

(a.) Next after the second; coming after two others; -- the ordinal of three; as, the third hour in the day.

(2):

(a.) Constituting or being one of three equal parts into which anything is divided; as, the third part of a day.

(3):

(n.) The quotient of a unit divided by three; one of three equal parts into which anything is divided.

(4):

(n.) The sixtieth part of a second of time.

(5):

(n.) The third tone of the scale; the mediant.

(6):

(n.) The third part of the estate of a deceased husband, which, by some local laws, the widow is entitled to enjoy during her life.