Three

a. [A-S. thrī, m., thrēo, f. and neut., O. Sax. thria, threa, thrie, m. and f., thriu, thru, n., O. Fries. thre, thria, thríu, Goth. threis, thrjôs, thrīja, Icel. þrír, þrjár, þrjú, Sw. tre, m. and f., try, n., Dan. tre, D. drie, L. Ger. dre, O. H. Ger. drīe or drī, driō, driu, M. H. Ger. drī, drī, drīu, N. H. Ger. drei, allied to Lat. tres, tria, Gr. τρεῖς, τρία, Ir., Gael., & W. tri, Armor. tri, teir, Russ. tri, Pol. trzy, Skr. tri, O. Per. thri, N. Per. sĭh.] Two and one.

I offer thee three things. 2 Sam. xxiv. 12.

Three is often joined with other words, forming compounds denoting something which is divided into, or composed of, or which contains, three parts, portions, or organs, and the like; as, three-capsuled, three-celled, three-cleft, three-edged, three-foot, three-footed, three-grained, three-headed, three-legged, three-mouthed, three-nooked, three-petaled, three-pronged, three-ribbed, three-seeded, three-stringed, three-toed, and the like.