thirteen, threttene

& s. [A. S. threóténe, threótýne, from thred three, and tén, týn = ten; ten; cogn. with Dutch dertien; Icel. threttán; Dan. tretten; Sw.tretton; Ger. dreizehn.] A. As adj.: Ten and three. "Speaking at the one end, I heard it return the voice thirteen times."-Bacon: Nat. Hist. B. As substantive : 1. The number which consists of three and ten. 2. A symbol representing thirteen units, as 13 or xiii. thir-teenth, a. & s. [A. S. threóteódha ; Icel. threttandi.] A. As adjective : tenth. thisne