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Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\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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