thirdborough (therdbur"o)

[Also third borow, thridborro, tharborough; under-constable. Hobb Andrw he was thridborro ; He bad hom, Pe e! God gyff hom sorro! For y mey arrest yow best. Hunttyng of the Hare, 199. ( Hall i well .) I know my remedy; I must go fetch the third - borough. Shak., T. of the S., Ind., i. 12. third-cla (thèrd klas), a. Belonging to the next cla after the second: specifically noting the third grade of conveyances or accommoda- tions for travel. - Third-cla matter, in the postal system of the United States, printed matter other than newspapers or periodicals, sent through the mails by the publishers. thir den deal (ther'dn-del), n. [ threden- del, thrid den dele , thridda dæl (=MHG. drit- teil , G. drittel = Sw. tredjedel = Dan. trediedel ) , the third part: see third1 and deall , and cf. halfen deal .] 1. The third part of anything; specifically, a tertian, as the third part of a tun. The fistulose and softer lete it goone To cover with, and tweyne of lyme in oon Of gravel mynge, and marl in floode gravel A thrid den dele wol sadde it wonder wel. Palladius , Husbondrie (E. E. T. S.), p. 14. In the Rot. Parl. A. D. 1423, mention is made of a "thre. dendels, or tercyan," 84 gallons of wine, or the third part of a "tonel." Prompt . Parv ., p. 117, note 1. 2. A liquid measure containing three pints. Bailey, 1731; Hall i well. [Doubtful.] thirding (ther'ding), n. [ rate actor. From that time Port Royal fell prostrate from its position of a great provincial mercantile centre into that of a third -rate naval station. Harper's Mag., LXXX. 381. thirdsman (thėrdz'man), n.; pl. thirdsmen (-men). [ thirds for third + man .] An umpire; an arbitrator; a mediator. Ay, but Mac Callum More's blood wadna sit down wi' that; there was risk of Andro Ferrara coming in thirds Scott , Heart of Mid-Lothian, xxiv. man . thirled