thirteen

From Middle English thirttene, variant (through metathesis) of thrittene, from Old English þrēotīene, from Proto-Germanic *þritehun, compound of *þrīz (“three”) + *tehun (“teen”). Cognate with West Frisian trettjin, Dutch dertien, German dreizehn, Danish tretten. Equivalent to three + -teen.

There are thirteen cards of each of the four suits in a deck of playing cards.

During the whole time of his abode in the university he generally spent thirteen hours of the day in study; by which assiduity besides an exact dispatch of the whole course of philosophy, he read over in a manner all classic authors that are extant[…]

1661, John Fell, The Life of the most learned, reverend and pious Dr. H. Hammond:

In the spring of 1857, I, with several friends, left Hongkong for Shanghai, viâ Foochow, in the small coasting steamer Antelope. No noteworthy incident occurred until after leaving Foochow when, as we were enjoying our after dinner coffee and cigars, and by chance discussing the question of thirteen sitting down at table that had occurred at a dinner at which one of the party had shortly before been present, a violent thump and tremulous motion of the vessel announced the unpleasant fact that we had struck upon something. We rushed on deck and found the steamer hard and fast on a reef near Matsu Island. Fortunately the day was fine and there was no sea on.

1890 February 28, W. S. Wetmore, “RECOLLECTIONS OF LIFE IN CHINA IN THE FIFTIES.”, in North-China Herald and Supreme Court & Consular Gazette, volume XLIV, number 1178, Shanghai, →OCLC, page 256, column 1:

The cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen, represented in Roman numerals as XIII and in Arabic numerals as 13.

dertien

the cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen


thirteenth

/ˌθɜːˈtiːnθ/

The ordinal form of the number thirteen.

dertiende

ordinal form of thirteen — see also 13th

treize

abbreviation XIII;after the name;in names of monarchs and popes


triskaidekaphobia

From triskaideka- (“thirteen”) + -phobia.

Fear or dislike of the number thirteen (13).


baker's dozen

en-noun

baker's dozen (plural baker's dozens or bakers' dozens)

baker's dozens (plural)
bakers' dozens (plural)

Possibly from the former practice of bakers adding a thirteenth loaf of bread to a batch of twelve loaves in order to avoid punishment for accidentally selling underweight bread.

[L]et him caſt his Eye upon the laſt Page of that Book, where Mr. Blount has tranſlated a Quotation out of Scaliger de Emend. brought by the Author of the Præadamitæ; now he tranſlates Octingenties octagies, not eight hundred and eighty, but eight hundred and eightſcore; as if the Romans had uſed to reckon by ſcores. He might altogether as well, have made them number by Bakers-Dozens.

1696, William Nicholls, “The Preface to the Reader”, in A Conference with a Theist. Wherein I. Are Shewn the Absurdities in the Pretended Eternity of the World. II. The Difficulties in the Mosaick Creation are Cleared. III. The Lapse of Mankind is Defended, against the Objections of Archæologiæ Philosophicæ, The Oracles of Reason, &c., London: Printed by T[homas] W[arren] for Francis Saunders at the Blue-Anchor in the New-Exchange; and Tho[mas] Bennet at the Half-Moon in St. Paul's Church-Yard, →OCLC:

A Baker's Dozen, Treize dans la Douzaine.

[1702, [Abel] Boyer, “A Baker’s Dozen”, in Dictionnaire Royal, François et Anglois. Le Francois Tiré des Dictionnaires de Richelet, Furetiere, Tachard, de l’Academie Françoise, & des Remarques de Vaugelas, Menage & Bouhours. Divisé en Deux Parties [Royal Dictionary, French and English. The French Taken from the Dictionaries of Richelet, Furetiere, Tachard, the French Academy, & the Remarks of Vaugelas, Menage & Bouhours. Divided into Two Parts], volume I, The Hague: Chez Adrian Moetjens, Marchand Libraire près la Cour, à la Librairie Françoise, →OCLC:

What! though by accident we've loſt / Of provinces a baker's dozen; / More bleſſings has our King produc'd, / By our good Queen his German couſin—

1787 August, “Irregular Ode on His Majesty’s Birth Day”, in The Gentleman’s and London Magazine: Or, Monthly Chronologer, Dublin: Printed by John Exshaw, →OCLC, page 439, column 2:

Maffæus [Maffeo Vegio] seems to have thought that the liberal mind of Virgil could never have been satisfied with giving his readers less than a baker's dozen for their money, and therefore he added a thirteenth to the numbers of the Æneid, such as he imagined the Mantuan would himself have written if he had lived to perfect his own design.

1808 December, “Art. V. Poems, by Mary Leadbeater, (late Shackleton,) to which is Prefixed Her Translation of the 13th Book of the Æneid; with the Latin Original, Written in the 15th Century, by Maffæus. 8vo. pp. 419. 8s. Boards. Dublin, Keene; London, Longman and Co. &c. 1808.”, in The Monthly Review; or Literary Journal, Enlarged, volume LVII, London: Sold by T[homas] Becket, bookseller, in Pall Mall, →OCLC, page 372:

Well, what do you think I'll give you? Why, fourteen kisses, and that's a baker's dozen you know; and so no more at present, from yours till I'm married, […] [I]n the disposal of her baker's dozens, she is admonished not to be profuse; and, moveover, not to be any body's till she is married, not even her well-wisher's.

[1823 July 5, “The Petition of a Baker’s Daughter”, in The Adventurer of the Nineteenth Century, volume XIII, London: Printed for Knight and Lacey. And sold by Henry Holloway, →OCLC, page 196, column 2:

When some half dozen of bakers' dozens of constables are to be created, is it not very tiresome that a magistrate shall sit in an easy arm chair, in a snug room, and before a roaring fire, whilst the oath is read to each, and whilst each kisses the book, until the moisture of their breath has saturated with damp, the sheep or calf skin in which the book is packed up? There is something very tedious and unpleasant in all this, and great praise is due to the steward of Squire Screw, for having invented the means by which such annoying forms may be set aside.

[1839], chapter I, in The Factory Lad. Or, The Life of Simon Smike; Exemplifying the Horrors of White Slavery, London: Printed and published by Thomas White, 59, Wych Street, Strand, →OCLC, page 10, column 1:

"[…] But the police have an idea that I committed—" / "What—for the love of Mike?" / "Murder!" / "Good heavens!" / "And that isn't all, Bob. They've a couple of bakers' dozens of witnesses, all cocked and primed to swear to it!"

1921 April 16, Achmed Abdullah, “Framed at the Benefactor’s Club”, in Detective Story Magazine; republished in Fear and Other Stories from the Pulps, [Holicong, Pa.?]: Wildside Press, 2005, →ISBN, chapter IV (In His Pocket), page 104:

Around the thirteenth century, bakes began to add an extra loaf to every dozen. They did not want to be accused of cheating their customers. So 13 items has become known as a baker's dozen. […] Today, some bakers still bake bread in "baker's dozens."

2009, Tony Hyland, “A Baker’s Dozen”, in The Bread Book: Multiplying and Dividing (Mathematics Readers, Number and Operations; level 4), Huntington Beach, Calif.: Teacher Created Materials, →ISBN, pages 22–23:

(idiomatic) Thirteen; a group of thirteen.


triskaideka-

From Ancient Greek τρεισκαίδεκα (treiskaídeka, “thirteen”), from τρεῖς (treîs, “three”) + καί (kaí, “and”) + δέκα (déka, “ten”).

uder

τρεισκαίδεκα


triskaidekaphobic

en-adj

triskaidekaphobic (comparative more triskaidekaphobic, superlative most triskaidekaphobic)

more triskaidekaphobic (comparative)
most triskaidekaphobic (superlative)


A simple Caesar cipher where each letter is replaced by the letter 13 positions beyond it in the alphabet (wrapping at Z to A).


Thirteen Colonies

United States of America
United States of America

(historical) The thirteen British colonies that successfully revolted in 1775--1781, forming the nucleus of the United States of America. To wit: New Hampshire, Massachusetts (including present-day Maine), Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York (including present-day Vermont), New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Delaware, Virginia (including present-day West Virginia), North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia.


tridecennary

The order of days in every month was computed, according to him, first by what he calls a tridecennary progression of days from one to thirteen, […]

1856, William Robertson, The History of the Discovery and Settlement of America:

(obsolete, rare) Of or pertaining to the number thirteen


Friday the thirteenth

en-noun

Friday the thirteenth (plural Fridays the thirteenth)

Believed to have been derived from the mass arrest of the Knights Templar on Friday, October 13, 1307.

A particular date combination that occurs when the thirteenth day of a month falls on a Friday, and which is considered unlucky in some cultures.


tethera-a-dick

From Brythonic numerals. Literally tethera a (and) dick.

(Cumbria) thirteen in Cumbrian sheep counting


thirteenthly

In the thirteenth place; thirteenth in a row.


throtteen

From Middle English throttene, þreottene, from Old English þrēottȳne, þrēotīne, þrēotīene. More at thirteen.

"Mary Baldwyn, daughter of Richard Baldwyn of Rough Lee, aged—How old was she, sexton?" "Throtteen," replied the man

1848, William Harrison Ainsworth, The Lancashire Witches:


thirteenish

(informal) Of about thirteen years of age.


friggatriskaidekaphobia

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From Frigga (an English variant of Old Norse Frigg, the Norse goddess for whom Friday was named) + triskaideka- + -phobia.

The fear of Friday the thirteenth, or friggatriskaidekaphobia, takes the thirteen superstition to a whole new level.

2012, R. W. A. Mitchell, Ask a Little-Learn a Lot: How Questions Change Everything, iUniverse, published 2012, →ISBN, page 90:

Friggatriskaidekaphobia is probably the most common superstition in the United States; according to researchers, it affects 17 to 21 million people.

2013, Sara Latta, Scared Stiff: Everything You Need to Know About 50 Famous Phobias, Zest Books, published 2013, →ISBN, page 186:

So I started Googling, and I found some interesting information about “friggatriskaidekaphobia.” (That's the actual term for the condition of the fear of Friday the thirteenth. […]

2013, Rachel Wise, Breaking News, Simon Spotlight, published 2013, →ISBN, page 2:

Friday the thirteenth
Friday the thirteenth


tredecennial

Latin trēdecennium + English -al or Latin trēdecim + English -ennial

The tredecennial covered by the period of the survey was in a sense a most remarkable one; for it includes, with almost exact divisions, three significant sub periods: the prewar, the war and the post-war.

1952, Proceedings of the IInd International Congress on Criminology III: “Psychiatry, Psychology, Psychoanalysis”, page 65

(rare nonce word) A period of thirteen years.


Thrayodashi

From Sanskrit त्रयोदशी (trayodaśī, “thirteenth day in a lunar fortnight”).

uder

(Hinduism) The thirteenth day (tithi) in the lunar fortnight (paksha) of the Hindu calendar.


thirteener

From thirteen + -er (suffix denoting people characterized by something, or people or things to which certain measurements or numbers apply).

affix

oner · twoer · fiver · sixer · Sevener · niner · tenner · elevener · twelver · fourteener · fifteener · sixteener · hundreder · thousander · twenty-five-thousander

[A. C.] King once hit a "thirteener" in a match on the school ground. Probably the ball got lost for a minute or two in long grass, or perhaps it was badly overthrown. But, however it happened, there stands the score in the official book, a "13." clearly got in one fell swoop by the hard-hitting King.

1908 August 29, George A. Wade, “Notable Cricket Feats by Schoolboys”, in The Boy’s Own Paper, volume XXX, number 48 (number 1546 overall), London: “Boy’s Own Paper” Office, […], →OCLC, page 765, column 1:


tridecasyllabic

In line length, whereas other translators shortened, Tu preferred to fill out, often replacing the alexandrine with a tridecasyllabic line […]

2012, Gloria Bien, Baudelaire in China: A Study in Literary Reception, page 59:

(rare) Having thirteen syllables, or thirteen syllables per line.


type II integral membrane protein
type II integral membrane protein

a type II integral membrane protein on small intestinal and renal tubular epithelial cells, macrophages, granulocytes, and synaptic membranes from the CNS.


devil's dozen

devil's dozen (canonical)
ordinal devil's-dozenth (canonical)
devil's dozens (plural)


tridecahedron

en-noun

tridecahedron (plural tridecahedra or tridecahedrons)

tridecahedra (plural)
tridecahedrons (plural)

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(geometry) A polyhedron with thirteen faces.


>Actually, if you can find TN #31 in the Technical Notes Stack 3.1, you will have had to run into an actual dogcow (Clarus) saying !fooM. Gee, wonder where that might be?
Yours truly found it, and it was not that hard. I must say that the choice of encryption algorithm was extremely clever, however. You will never get it from the script unless you are fluent in ebg13, so you might as well try to solve it the right way!

1989 September 15, Earle R. Horton, “Moofing Dogcows!”, in comp.sys.mac (Usenet), retrieved 2022-06-26:

Back in the old days, when people cared about decency on the Internet, it was decided that to keep people from seeing dirty words questionable material would be encoded in EBG-13. Nowadays it's just a technological quirk, however, unless by some freak of nature the CDA turns out to be constitutional, in which case we'll be seeing a lot more of SHPX and FUVG.

1997 March 11, David F Lynch, “alt.discordia and nightsweats”, in alt.sex.cthulhu (Usenet), retrieved 2022-06-26:

[Warning: text ahead encoded in EBG13 to protect the innocent. No actual UI was emitted in the production of this mini-rant.]

2001 November 16, Garrett Wollman, “Forced into recovery”, in alt.sysadmin.recovery (Usenet), retrieved 2022-06-26:

This is getting silly. Many monks can read EBG13 without pressing buttons, and EBGisms are part of the monastic culture [1].

2002 October 23, c...@nospam.netunix.com, “Proposed addition to FAQ.”, in alt.sysadmin.recovery (Usenet), retrieved 2022-06-26:

>You yourself raised the encryption issue and certainly therefore know also that encryption keys used in firms etc. must be managed.
That's the job of the IT people. The executives know nothing about it, and lack the skills to evaluate the strength of an encryption algorithm (heck, many of them can't decode EBG13, never mind something stronger).

2012 September 10, Moe Trin, “Measures against malware propagation”, in comp.security.firewalls (Usenet), retrieved 2022-06-26:

Sure hope they can spill/spell/whatever better'n this. Doesn't read rite, even in ebg13.

2016 May 22, Dennis Davis, “Re:Nicked from El Swear”, in uk.rec.sheds (Usenet), retrieved 2022-06-26:


thirteensome

Their search through the musical archives of our folk literature has brought to light a “Hawaiian Serf Surf Song,” which they are arranging for a “thirteensome” made up of eleven ukuleles, one mixed voice and a snare drum.

1916, Musical Courier and Review of Recorded Music, volume 73, page 24:

Sometimes Jim and I would play golf together as part of a thirteensome. Jim would get about 13 guys together, all hitting balls on the same hole at the same time.

1986, Jerry Greene, “A Young McMahon waits his turn”, in The Orlando Sentinel, (November 9, 1986), p. C-11:

So if you have an eightsome, it should be five girls and three guys. A thirteensome should be eight girls and five guys.

2009, Razorcake, RoseDog Books, →ISBN, page 30:

And watch as Loki tried his damnednest to orchestrate a threesome, foursome, possibly thirteensome with his so-called supermodel [...]

2012, James Ashton, Le Town Empire, iUniverse, →ISBN, page 173:

(rare) A group of thirteen people or things.