thiophosphamIc

[Pref. thio-, and Eng. phosphamic.] Derived from or pertaining to sul phur and phosphamic acid. boil, boy; pout, jowl; cat, çell, chorus, "The third part of a minute." Shakesp.: Midsummer Night's Dream, ii. 2. IMG:content-1027.png:[blocks in formation] 1. Law ( pl .): The third part of the estate of a deceased husband, which, by the law of some coun- tries, the widow is entitled to enjoy during her life; corresponding to the widow's dower of this country. 2. Music : (1) An interval consisting of a major tone and a minor tone, as from C to E; called a major third. (2) An interval consisting of a major or minor tone and a semitone, as from A to c; called a minor third. (3) The upper of the two notes including such intervals. Third Estate, s . 1. In Great Britain the Commonalty or Commons, represented in the legislature by the House of Com- mons. 2. French Hist .: The Tiers Etat (q. v.). Third-order, s . Eccles. & Church Hist .: A term which arose from the fact that when St. Francis had founded the Friars Minor (1209) for men, and St. Clare had borough.] An under-constable. ( Eng.) "I know my remedy; I must go fetch the thirdborough ." -Shakesp.: Taming of the Shrew, i. 1. *third-Ings, s. pl . [THIRD, a.] Old Eng. Law : The third part of the corn or grain growing on the ground at the tenant's death, due to the lord for a heriot, as in the Manor of Turfat, in Here ford shire. third-ly, adv. [Eng. third, a.; -ly.] In the third place. "First, metals are more durable than plants; secondly, they are more solid; thirdly , they are wholly subterrany." -Bacon .