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41. ten num.

157 quotations in 7 senses
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Cardinal number as adj.: (a) ten; ten or (other) twelve, around a dozen; (b) tenfold; also, as adv.: ten times; ten double, ten times as much; ten so, ten times as (bright, much, etc.). …

42. tenth(e num.

Additional spellings: tenthe
83 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) Ordinal number as adj.: tenth; (b) in combs. & phrases: tenth del (part), one-tenth of a whole; also, a small part, a fraction; also, a tithe [1st quot.; cp. 2.(b)]; tenth houre (time), the tenth……

43. thǒusand num.

155 quotations in 6 senses
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Cardinal number as adj. [a few early quots. may be noun with genitive following]: (a) one thousand; a great number of, a great amount of; mani (fele) thousand, many thousands of (miles, angels, etc.)……

44. thrẹ̄ num.

213 quotations in 6 senses
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(a) Cardinal number as adj.: three; also, as adv.: thre so, three times as (evil, much); (b) an indeterminately small number, a few; a or) two or thre, twein or thre, etc.; (c) in proverbs and prov……

45. thrid num.

108 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) Ordinal number as adj.: third;—freq. in adv. phrases of time: the (than) thrid dai, the thrid morn (night, time, etc.), etc., on the third day (morning, night, occasion, etc.), for the third time……

46. thrin num.

19 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) As adj.: three; o (on) thrin wise, upon thrin wises, in three ways; (b) as noun: three persons; in thrin, in three parts, sections, etc. …

47. thrinde num.

2 quotations in 1 sense
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As adj.: third. …

48. thrī̆tẹ̄ne num.

45 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) Cardinal number as adj.: thirteen; also, as adv.: thirteen times [quot. ?c1475]; thritene daies (monthes, yeres), thirteen days (months, years); also, for thirteen days (months, years); (b)……

49. thrī̆tẹ̄nth(e num.

Additional spellings: thritenthe
30 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Ordinal number as adj.: thirteenth; thritenth dai, the thirteenth day; also, on the thirteenth day; thritenth yer, in the thirteenth year; dai thritenth, on the thirteenth day; (b) ordinal number……

50. thrī̆tī num.

66 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Cardinal number as adj.: thirty; thriti daies (winter, yeres, etc.), thirty days (years, etc.); also, for thirty days (years, etc.); a thriti winter, about thirty years; a thriti yer, a……

51. thrī̆tīthe num.

19 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Ordinal number as adj.: thirtieth; also, thirtyfold [quot. 1340]; thritithe dai, the thirtieth day; also, on the thirtieth day; thritithe som, a group of thirty people; (b) ordinal number as noun……

52. tīth(e num.

Additional spellings: tithe
29 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Ordinal number as adj.: tenth; (b) in combs.: tith del (dol), one-tenth of a whole; also, a tithe; tith part, one-tenth of a whole; (c) as noun: the tenth item in a series: the tenth precept……

53. twein num.

176 quotations in 6 senses
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Cardinal number as adj.: (a) two; (b) in generalizing phrases: twein or thre, two or three (persons or things), a few (persons or things); also, in adv. usage: for two or three (days) [quot. a1400]……

54. twelfth num.

52 quotations in 2 senses
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Ordinal number as adj.: (a) twelfth;—sometimes in adv. phrases: the twelfth dai (month, yer, capitle), on the twelfth day, in the twelfth month (year, chapter); (b) in cpds. and combs.: twelfth dai……

55. twelftuȝeþe num.

1 quotation in 1 sense
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Ordinal number as adj.: twelfth. …

56. twelve num.

139 quotations in 7 senses
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Cardinal number as adj.: twelve, a dozen; ten other twelve, about twelve (plows, yards of cloth, etc.); ten or twelve or twenti, between ten and twenty (foals); ten verse or twelve, ten or twelve……

57. twentī num.

114 quotations in 6 senses
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Cardinal number as adj.: twenty; also, ?of or pertaining to the number twenty [quot. ?c1475]; twenti and mo, over twenty (hunting dogs), a large number of. …

58. twentī̆and num.

5 quotations in 2 senses
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Ordinal number as adj.: (a) twentieth; the peni twentiand, a civil tax on movable goods; (b) in compound number, used adverbially: the four and twentiand night, on the twenty-fourth night. …

59. twentī̆eth num.

23 quotations in 3 senses
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Ordinal number as adj.: (a) twentieth; twentieth dai, the twentieth day; also, used adverbially: on the twentieth day; (b) in combs.: twentieth som, a party of twenty [cp. twentisome n.]; the……

60. twin(ne num.

Additional spellings: twinne
57 quotations in 4 senses
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Cardinal number as adj.: (a) two; also, with diminished force in generalizing phrase: a furlong or twin [could also be construed as sense 2.(a)]; (b) double, dual; twofold; of two kinds; having two……

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