GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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   Third , a. [OE. thirde, AS. þridda, fr. þrī, þreó, three; akin to D. derde third, G. dritte, Icel. þriði, Goth. þridja, L. tertius, Gr. τρίτος, Skr. tṛtīya. See Three, and cf. Riding a jurisdiction, Tierce.]
    Next after the second; coming after two others; -- the ordinal of three; as, the third hour in the day. “The third night.” 
   Chaucer.
   
   1913 Webster
   Constituting or being one of three equal parts into which anything is divided; as, the third part of a day.
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   Third estate. (a) In England, the commons, or the commonalty, who are represented in Parliament by the House of Commons. (b) In France, the tiers état. See Tiers état. Third order (R. C. Ch.), an order attached to a monastic order, and comprising men and women devoted to a rule of pious living, called the third rule, by a simple vow if they remain seculars, and by more solemn vows if they become regulars. See Tertiary, n., 1. -- Third person (Gram.), the person spoken of. See Person, n., 7. -- Third sound. (Mus.) See Third, n., 3.
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   Weather station. (Meteor.) A station for taking meteorological observations, making weather forecasts, or disseminating such information. Such stations are of the first order when they make observations of all the important elements either hourly or by self-registering instruments; of the second order when only important observations are taken; of the third order when simpler work is done, as to record rainfall and maximum and minimum temperatures.
   Webster 1913 Suppl.