THREE, a. [L. tres.] 1. Two and one. I offer thee three things. 2 Sam. 24.2. It is often used like other adjectives, without the noun to which it refers. Abishai--attained not to the first three. 2 Sam.23.3. Proverbially, a small number. Away, thou three-inched fool. [I believe obsolete.]
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