Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Lexicon: three – thrill
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three, adj. [OE þrí.]
- One more than two in quantity; one plus one plus one; [written form for the numeral 3.]
- Number of times that a person will surface before drowning.
three, n. [see three, adj.]
- Two plus one.
- Phrase. “two or three”: a small number; a few people.
- Phrase. “Half past Three”: 3:30 p.m.; 15:00 on the clock; mid-afternoon time marking.
- Phrase. “Three score and Ten”: seventy (70) years of age.
threescore, adj. [OE scoru, notch, tally, the number of twenty.]
Phrase. “at threescore and ten”: sixty plus ten years old; seventy (70) years of age.
threnody (-ies), n. [Gk 'dirge'.]
Dirge; lament; requiem; funeral song; haunting melody; [fig.] bird call.
threshold, n. [OE.]
Stoop; entry; portal; wooden doorstep; entrance to a habitation; [fig.] nest.
threw, v. [see throw, v.]
thrice, adv. [ME.]
Three times; on three occasions; one more than two.
thrift, n. [see thrive, v.]
Economy; efficiency; providence; spending limits; effective management; careful handling of resources; [fig.] limitations of mortality.
thrifty, adj. [see thrift, n.]
Frugal; careful; economical; provident.
thrill, n. [see thrill, v.]
Exhilaration; excitement; exaltation; ecstasy; enchantment; delight; transport of feeling; sense of great pleasure.