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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

[OE.

þreofald

; cf. AS.

þrīfeald

Consisting of three, or thrice repeated; triple;

as,

threefold

justice

threefold

cord is not quickly broken.

Eccl. iv. 12.

Adj.

[three and fold.] Three-double; consisting of three; or thrice repeated, as threefold justice.

A threefold cord is not quickly broken. Eccles.4.