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Webster's 1828 Dictionary
THREE-PILED
a.
Set
with
a
thick
pile.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
THREE-PILED
THREE-PILED
Three
"-
piled
`, a.
1.
Having
the
quality
of
three-pile;
best;
most
costly.
[R.]
Thou
art
good
velvet;
thou
'
rt
three-piled
piece.
Shak.
2.
Fig.
:
Extravagant;
exaggerated;
high-flown.
"
Three-piled
hyperboles."
Shak.
3.
Accustomed
to
wearing
three-pile;
hence,
of
high
rank,
or
wealth.
[
Obs.
] "
Three-piled
people.
"
Beau.
&
Fl.
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