Emily Dickinson Lexicon

three, n. [see three, adj.]

1. Two plus one.
2. Phrase. “two or three”: a small number; a few people.
3. Phrase. “Half past Three”: 3:30 p.m.; 15:00 on the clock; mid-afternoon time marking.
4. Phrase. “Three score and Ten”: seventy (70) years of age.