Word Meanings - MAXIMILIAN - Book Publishers vocabulary database
A gold coin of Bavaria, of the value of about 13s. 6d. sterling, or about three dollars and a quarter.
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- THREE-SQUARE
Having a cross section in the form of an equilateral triangle; -- said especially of a kind of file. - THREE-MILE
Of or pertaining to three miles; as, the three-mile limit, or the limit of the marine belt of three miles included in territorial waters of a state. - THREE-PILE
An old name for the finest and most costly kind of velvet, having a fine, thick pile. I have served Prince Florizel and in my time wore three-pile. Shak. - ABOUT
On the point or verge of; going; in act of. Paul was now aboutto open his mouth. Acts xviii. 14. 7. Concerning; with regard to; on account of; touching. "To treat about thy ransom." Milton. She must have her way about Sarah. Trollope. (more info) - THREE-DECKER
A vessel of war carrying guns on three decks. - THREE-SIDED
Having three sides, especially three plane sides; as, a three- sided stem, leaf, petiole, peduncle, scape, or pericarp. - QUARTER ROUND
An ovolo. - THREE-CORNERED
Having three prominent longitudinal angles; as, a three- cornered stem. (more info) 1. Having three corners, or angles; as, a three-cornered hat. - THREE-PORT
Having three ports; specif.: Designating a type of two-cycle internal-combustion engine in which the mixture enters the crank case through a port uncovered by the piston near the end of its stroke. - THREE-PLY
Consisting of three distinct webs inwrought together in weaving, as cloth or carpeting; having three strands; threefold. - THREE-PARTED
Divided into, or consisting of, three parts; tripartite. Three- parted leaf , a leaf divided into three parts down to the base, but not entirely separate. - QUARTERON; QUARTEROON
A quadroon. - THREE-FLOWERED
Bearing three flowers together, or only three flowers. - BAVARIAN
Of or pertaining to Bavaria. -- n. - QUARTERON
A quarter; esp., a quarter of a pound, or a quarter of a hundred. Piers Plowman. - STERLING
See 3 - THREEPENNY
Costing or worth three pence; hence, worth but little; poor; mean. - QUARTERPACE
A platform of a staircase where the stair turns at a right angle only. See Halfpace. - THREEFOLD
Consisting of three, or thrice repeated; triple; as, threefold justice. A threefold cord is not quickly broken. Eccl. iv. 12. - THREE-LOBED
Having three lobes. Three-lobed leaf , a leaf divided into three parts, the sinuses extending not more than half way to the middle, and either the parts of the sinuses being rounded. - SOUTHWESTERLY
To ward or from the southwest; as, a southwesterly course; a southwesterly wind. - OYSTERLING
A young oyster. - ROUNDABOUTNESS
The quality of being roundabout; circuitousness. - UNDERVALUE
1. To value, rate, or estimate below the real worth; to depreciate. 2. To esteem lightly; to treat as of little worth; to hold in mean estimation; to despise. In comparison of it I undervalued all ensigns of authority. Atterbury. I write not this