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(noun) - (1) He that comes guest-wise to an inn or house, and lies there the third night, after which he is accounted of that family. And if he offend the king's peace, his host was to be answerable for him. Literally "third night own servant."
--Thomas Blount's Law Dictionary and Glossary, 1717
(2) From awn hine, "third night."
--Elisha Coles' English Dictionary, 1713
January 15, 2018