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cond place. [Obs.] God hath set some in the church, first apostels, secondarily prophets, thirdly teachers. 1 Cor. xii. 28.

ch meet. In the first case the section is a superficies, in the second a line, and in the third a point.

A lesser third, having its terms as 6 to 5; a hemiditone. [R.]

The third Sunday before Lent; -- so called because it is about seventy days before Easter.

Having the ratio of one and one third to one (as 4 : 3).

A minor third, or interval of three semitones.

as, to set out the share of each proprietor or heir of an estate; to set out the widow's thirds. (b) To publish, as a proclamation. [Obs.] (c) To adorn; to embellish. An ugly woman, in rich habit set out with jewels, nothing can become. Dryden.

An interval of two octaves and a third.

etal, with a nicer graduation, telescopic sight, and its arc the sixth, and sometimes the third, part of a circle. See Quadrant.

; that is, I order or promise your going. It thus ordinarily expresses, in the second and third persons, a command, a threat, or a promise. If the auxillary be emphasized, the command is made more imperative, the promise or that more positive and sure. It is also employed in the language of prophecy; as, "the day shall…

on, an equal compression in a perpendicular direction, with an unchanged magnitude in the third direction. Shear blade, one of the blades of shears or a shearing machine. -- Shear hulk. See under Hulk. -- Shear steel, a steel suitable for shears, scythes, and other cutting instruments, prepared from fagots of blister…

The player stationed in the field bewtween the second and third bases.

A gibbon (Hylobates syndactylus), native of Sumatra. It has the second and third toes partially united by a web.

The third month of the Jewish ecclesiastical year; -- supposed to correspond nearly with our month of June.

A slight frame of wood three or four feet long and about one third as wide, with thongs or cords stretched across it, and having a support and holder for the foot; -- used by persons for walking on soft snow.

r; secondly, of a condenser, or large lens, for converging the beam upon the object; and, thirdly, of a small lens, or magnifier, for throwing an enlarged image of the object at its focus upon a screen in a dark room or in a darkened box. -- Solar month. See under Month. -- Solar oil, a paraffin oil used an illuminan…

A young buck in the third year. See the Note under Buck. Shak.

The male of the red deer in his third year; a spade.

Influenced in fortune by the stars. [Obs.] My third comfort, Starred most unluckily. Shak.

he assembly of the three orders of the kingdom, namely, the clergy, the nobility, and the third estate, or commonalty.