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THIRD, a. thurd. [L. tertius.] The first after the second; the ordinal of three. The third hour in the day among the ancients, was nine o'clock in the morning.

Third estate, in the British nation, is the commons; or in the legislature, the house of commons.

Third order, among the Catholics,is a sort of religious order that observes the same rule and the same manner of life in proportion as some other two orders previously instituted; as the third order of Franciscans, instituted by St. Francis in 1221.

Third point or tierce point, in architecture,the point of section in the vertex of an equilateral triangle.

Third rate, in navies. A third rate ship carries from 64 to 80 guns.

Third sound, in music. See the noun Third.

THIRD, n. thurd. The third part of any thing. A man takes land and tills it for one third of the produce; the owner taking two thirds.

1. The sixtieth part of a second of time.

2. In music, an interval containing three diatonic sounds; the major composed to two tones, called by the Greeks ditone, and the minor called hemiditone, consisting of a tone and a half.


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THIRD, a. thurd. [L. tertius.] The first after the second; the ordinal of three. The third hour in the day among the ancients, was nine o'clock in the morning.

Third estate, in the British nation, is the commons; or in the legislature, the house of commons.

Third order, among the Catholics,is a sort of religious order that observes the same rule and the same manner of life in proportion as some other two orders previously instituted; as the third order of Franciscans, instituted by St. Francis in 1221.

Third point or tierce point, in architecture,the point of section in the vertex of an equilateral triangle.

Third rate, in navies. A third rate ship carries from 64 to 80 guns.

Third sound, in music. See the noun Third.

THIRD, n. thurd. The third part of any thing. A man takes land and tills it for one third of the produce; the owner taking two thirds.

1. The sixtieth part of a second of time.

2. In music, an interval containing three diatonic sounds; the major composed to two tones, called by the Greeks ditone, and the minor called hemiditone, consisting of a tone and a half.

THIRD, a. [thurd; Sax. thridda; Goth. thridya; G. dritte; D. derde; Sw. and Dan. tredie; Fr. tiers; L. tertius; Gr. τριτος; W. trydy.]

The first after the second; the ordinal of three. The third hour in the day among the ancients, was nine o'clock in the morning. Third estate, in the British nation, is the commons; or in the legislature, the house of commons. Third order, among the Romanists, is a sort of religious order that observes the same rule and the same manner of life, in proportion as some other two orders previously instituted; as, the third order of Franciscans, instituted by St. Francis in 1221. Cyc. Third point or tierce point, in architecture, the point of section in the vertex of an equilateral triangle. Cyc. Third rate, in navies. A third rate ship carries from 64 to 80 guns. Third sound, in music. See the noun, Third.


THIRD, n. [thurd.]

  1. The third part of any thing. A man takes land and tills it for one third of the produce; the owner taking two thirds.
  2. The sixtieth part of a second of time.
  3. In music, an interval containing three diatonic sounds; the major composed of two tones, called by the Greeks ditone, and the minor called hemiditone, consisting of a tone and a half. Rousseau. Busby.

Third
  1. Next after the second; coming after two others; -- the ordinal of three; as, the third hour in the day.

    "The third night." Chaucer.
  2. The quotient of a unit divided by three; one of three equal parts into which anything is divided.
  3. Constituting or being one of three equal parts into which anything is divided; as, the third part of a day.

    Third estate. (a) In England, the commons, or the commonalty, who are represented in Parliament by the House of Commons. (b) In France, the tiers état. See Tiers état. Third order (R. C. Ch.), an order attached to a monastic order, and comprising men and women devoted to a rule of pious living, called the third rule, by a simple vow if they remain seculars, and by more solemn vows if they become regulars. See Tertiary, n., 1. -- Third person (Gram.), the person spoken of. See Person, n., 7. -- Third sound. (Mus.) See Third, n., 3.

  4. The sixtieth part of a second of time.
  5. The third tone of the scale; the mediant.
  6. The third part of the estate of a deceased husband, which, by some local laws, the widow is entitled to enjoy during her life.

    Major third (Mus.), an interval of two tones. -- Minor third (Mus.), an interval of a tone and a half.

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Third

THIRD, adjective thurd. [Latin tertius.] The first after the second; the ordinal of three. The third hour in the day among the ancients, was nine o'clock in the morning.

THIRD estate, in the British nation, is the commons; or in the legislature, the house of commons.

THIRD order, among the Catholics, is a sort of religious order that observes the same rule and the same manner of life in proportion as some other two orders previously instituted; as the third order of Franciscans, instituted by St. Francis in 1221.

THIRD point or tierce point, in architecture, the point of section in the vertex of an equilateral triangle.

THIRD rate, in navies. A third rate ship carries from 64 to 80 guns.

THIRD sound, in music. See the noun third

THIRD, noun thurd. The third part of any thing. A man takes land and tills it for one third of the produce; the owner taking two thirds.

1. The sixtieth part of a second of time.

2. In music, an interval containing three diatonic sounds; the major composed to two tones, called by the Greeks ditone, and the minor called hemiditone, consisting of a tone and a half.

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