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2  [sheet]
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–noun
1. Nautical.
a. a rope or chain for extending the clews of a square sail along a yard.
b. a rope for trimming a fore-and-aft sail.
c. a rope or chain for extending the lee clew of a course.
–verb (used with object)
2. Nautical. to trim, extend, or secure by means of a sheet or sheets.
—Idiom
3. three sheets in or to the wind, Slang. intoxicated.
Origin:
1300–50; ME shete, shortening of OE scēatlīne, equiv. to scēat(a) lower corner of a sail (see sheet 1 ) + līne line 1 , rope; c. LG schote
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three

  [three] ,
–noun
1. a cardinal number, 2 plus 1.
2. a symbol for this number, as 3 or III.
3. a set of this many persons or things.
4. a playing card, die face, or half of a domino face with three pips.
–adjective
5. amounting to three in number.
—Idiom
6. three sheets in the wind. sheet 2 (def. 3).
Origin:
bef. 900; ME; OE thrēo, thrīo, fem. and neut. of thrī(e); c. D drie, G drei, ON thrīr, Goth threis, Gk treîs, L trēs three, ter thrice, Ir trí, OCS tri, Skt trī, tráyas
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sheet 2   (shēt)   
n.  

  1. A rope or chain attached to one or both of the lower corners of a sail, serving to move or extend it.

  2. sheets The spaces at either end of an open boat in front of and behind the seats.

intr.v.   sheet·ed, sheet·ing, sheets
To extend in a certain direction. Used of the sheets of a sail.

[Middle English shete, from Old English scēat(line), sheet (line), from scēata, corner of a sail; see skeud- in Indo-European roots.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Slang Dictionary
(rap) sheet

  1. n.
    a criminal record listing all recorded criminal charges. (See also rap.) : The sergeant asked if there was a sheet on the prisoner.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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three sheets in the wind

and three sheets (to the wind); two sheets to the wind
  1. mod.
    alcohol intoxicated and unsteady. (Sheets are the ropes used to manage a ship's sails. It is assumed that if these ropes were blowing in the wind, the ship would be unmanageable.) : He was three sheets to the wind and didn't pay attention to my warning.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

sheet  (1)
O.E. sciete (W.Saxon), scete (Mercian) "cloth, covering," from P.Gmc. *skautijon, from base *skauta- "project" (cf. O.N. skaut "corner of cloth," Goth. skauts "seam, hem of a garment;" Du. schoot Ger. Schoß "bosom, lap"), from PIE base *skeud- "to shoot, chase, throw" (see shoot). Sense of "piece of paper" first recorded 1510; that of "any broad, flat surface" (of metal, open water, etc.) is from 1592. Of falling rain from 1697. Meaning "a newspaper" is first recorded 1749. Sheet lightning is attested from 1794; sheet music is from 1857. Between the sheets "in bed" (usually with sexual overtones) is attested from 1599; to be white as a sheet is from 1751.

three 
O.E. þreo, fem. and neut. (masc. þri, þrie), from P.Gmc. *thrijiz (cf. O.Fris. thre, M.Du., Du. drie, O.H.G. dri, Ger. drei, O.N. þrir, Dan. tre), from PIE *trejes (cf. Skt. trayas, Avestan thri, Gk. treis, L. tres, Lith. trys, O.C.S. trye, Ir., Welsh tri "three"). 3-D first attested 1952, abbreviation of three-dimensional (1878). Three-piece suit is recorded from 1909. Three cheers for ______ is recorded from 1751. Three-martini lunch is attested from 1972. Three-ring circus first recorded 1898. Three-sixty "complete turnaround" is from 1927, originally among aviators, in ref. to the number of degrees in a full circle. Three musketeers translates Fr. les trois mousquetaires, title of an 1844 novel by Alexandre Dumas père.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: sheet
Pronunciation: 'shEt
Function: noun
1 : a broad piece of cloth; especially : an oblong of usually cotton or linencloth used as an article of bedding
2 : a portion of something that is thin in comparison to its length and breadth sheet of connective tissue>
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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