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Thrette(i)nt, num. Also: thretent, thret(t)einth, threttenit, -eind, -enth, threattenth, thriteint, thrid teenth. [ME and e.m.E. þrittennde (Orm), þreotteoþe (c1275), þritteþe, þretteþe (both 1297), thritteind, thritend (both Cursor M.), þrittenþe (Wyclif), threttenethe (c1420), threttend (1447), thyrteenth (1530), OE þríe-, þréotéoða etc., ON þrettánde.]

A. adj. 1. The thirteenth in sequence.(a) 1535 Stewart 61114.
And of his regnne quhilk wes the thretteint ȝeir 1554 Montgomery Mem. 149.
At Edinburgh, the thretteint day of Februar 1579–80 Glasg. Univ. Mun. I 130.
Gevin vnder oure signet … the tentt day of Marche and of our regime the threttenit yeir 1581–2 Reg. Privy C. III 443.
Threttent 1622-6 Bisset II 298/19.
The threttent discipill Cleophas 1633 Johnston Diary I 161.
Thretent 1643 Justiciary Cases III 583.
Thretteind 1651 Retours I Inq. Spec. Ayr (449).
Extending to the half of the thretteinth grayne of all graynes growing upon the said landis 1658–9 Melville Chart. 176.
Threttenth 1661 Aberd. Council Lett. IV 145.
The tuelf and thretent dayes of this instant 1689 Reg. Privy C. 3 Ser. XIII 452.
Threteinth(b) 1674 Craven Ch. in Orkney 59.
Threattenth(c) 1672 Aberd. Council Lett. V 146.
The thriteint article … you ar also to oppose [etc.]

2. With part: One thirteenth of a stated whole.(a) 1660 Aberd. Council Lett. IV 5.
When the haill cess wes 120000 lib. sterlin … for England, Scotland wes but 10000 lib. … which wes but ane thretent part(b) 1626 Cochran-Patrick Coinage II 71.
To abayte the weight of his coyne of gold and siluer of a thrid teenth part

B. absol. or ellipt. as noun. The thirteenth in sequence. 1581 Burne Disput. 124.
The greit emperore of the Moscovitis intraittis vith Coregorius the threttent c1650 Spalding I 72.
The marquess … vpone the thretteint of Junij depairtit this lyf