单词 | third penny |
释义 | > as lemmasthird penny third penny n. see A. 4 above. third penny a. The last of each successive group of three; one in every three, i.e. one third of the whole. third penny: one third of the whole sum; spec. (see quot. 1706). third sheaf and teind: see third and teind at sense B. 1 i. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > three > division into three > [noun] > a third thirdc950 thirdendealc1000 thirdel1297 third parta1400 third pennyc1400 tierce1491 ternary part1599 c1400 Mandeville's Trav. (Roxb.) xix. 87 Sum..at ilke a thridd passe knelis doune apon þe erthe. 1423 Cal. Letter Bk. I. Lond. (1909) 295 Have he, for his labour, the tryd peny that shal be recovered. a1578 R. Lindsay Hist. & Cron. Scotl. (1899) II. 315 Thair come in be sie sa meikill victuallis that it come downe the thrid penny. 1600 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 2 iii. ii. 302 This same staru'd iustice hath done nothing but prate to me..and euery third word a lie. View more context for this quotation 1627 Rep. Parishes Scotl. (Bannatyne Club) 3 Ten landis..payis presentlie the thrid scheiff and teind led. 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Third-penny, the third part of Fines and Profits, arising from Law-Processes, which in every County was heretofore allow'd to the Sheriff; the other two Parts being appointed for the King's Use. 1716 A. Pope Full Acct. E. Curll 5 You shall have your Third Share of the Court Poems. 1902 N.E.D. at Quartan Characterized by the occurrence of a paroxysm every fourth (in mod. reckoning, every third) day. < as lemmas |
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