† ˈthirdel Obs.
Forms: 3 thriddedel, 4 þridde deel, 5 thryddele, 6 thirdle, thirdel.
[ME. thriddedel:—OE. þridda dǽl third part: see deal n.1 Cf. Ger. drittel.]
A third part (of anything); = next.
| 1297 R. Glouc. (Rolls) 283 Þe þriddedel mi kinedom ich ȝiue þe to be mi fere. 1387 Trevisa Higden (Rolls) III. 169 Þe quene hadde i-sent hire ȝong sone wiþ þe þridde deel [MS. βthriddel, Caxton thryddele] of heere oost aȝenst Cirus. 1542 Recorde Gr. Artes K vj b, There bee tertians (that is to say thirdles) of pypes, of hogges heddes, and of barels. Ibid. L iij, Take awaye 2 thyrdeles frome any summe, and you muste needes graunt, that that whyche remayneth, is 1 thyrdele of the summe laste before. |