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Definition of Thirded

1. third [v] - See also: third

Lexicographical Neighbors of Thirded

Literary usage of Thirded

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The American Matron: Or Practical and Scientific Cookery by A housekeeper (1851)
"thirded BREAD. Take equal parts of Indian meal, rye meal, and wheat flour. Scald the Indian meal, as above; add the rye, lastly the flour. ..."

2. Psychopathology by Edward John Kempf (1920)
"At great length he showed that "everything I ever did was thirded" and being "thirded" meant something similar to being given a divine heritage. ..."

3. The Works of Benjamin Franklin: Including the Private as Well as the by Benjamin Franklin, John Bigelow (1904)
"... tripled, or halved, thirded, will be 2a, 3a, or %a, \a, respectively." Thus far is clear. But he adds: " Now to move the body a, with the celerity c, ..."

4. The Writings of Benjamin Franklin by Benjamin Franklin (1905)
"That celerity doubled, tripled, &c., or halved, thirded, &c., will be 2C, ... Also the body doubled, tripled, or halved, thirded, will be 20, 30, or %a, $a, ..."

5. An Enquiry Into the Nature of the Human Soul: Wherein the Immateriality of by Andrew Baxter (1745)
"... tripled, &c. or halved, thirded, &c. will be 2 C, C, &c. or i C, f C, ... 'Alfo the body doubled, tripled ; pr halved, thirded ; will be 2 A, A^c/r 7 A, ..."

6. Political, Miscellaneous, and Philosophical Pieces: Arranged Under the by Benjamin Franklin (1779)
"2. ' Let a given body or mafs of matter be called a, and let any given celerity be called c. That celerity doubled, tripled, &c. or halved, thirded, ..."

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