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noun. A measure of liquid capacity, equal to a third of a pipe, or 42 gallons (159 liters).

noun. A sequence of three cards of the same suit.

noun. The third position from which a parry or thrust can be made in fencing.

noun. An interval of a third.

In heraldry, divided into three parts of three different tinctures.

noun. A third; a third part.

noun. Same as terce, 4.

noun. A liquid measure equal to one third of a pipe. See pipe, 8. Also terce.

noun. A cask intermediate in size between a barrel and a hogshead: as, a tierce of sugar; a tierce of rice or of salted provisions.

noun. In music, same as third.

noun. In card-playing, a sequence of three cards.

noun. In fencing, the third of a series of eight points and parries, beginning with prime.

noun. In heraldry, a fesse composed of three triangles, usually of three different tinctures: a bearing rare in English heraldry.

noun. A cask whose content is one third of a pipe; that is, forty-two wine gallons; also, a liquid measure of forty-two wine, or thirty-five imperial, gallons.

noun. A cask larger than a barrel, and smaller than a hogshead or a puncheon, in which salt provisions, rice, etc., are packed for shipment.

noun. The third tone of the scale. See Mediant.

noun. A sequence of three playing cards of the same suit. Tierce of ace, king, queen, is called tierce-major.

noun. A position in thrusting or parrying in which the wrist and nails are turned downward.

noun. The third hour of the day, or nine a. m,; one of the canonical hours; also, the service appointed for that hour.

adjective. Divided into three equal parts of three different tinctures; -- said of an escutcheon.

noun. A cask whose content is one third of a pipe; that is, forty-two wine gallons; also, a liquid measure of forty-two wine, or thirty-five imperial, gallons.

noun. A cask larger than a barrel, and smaller than a hogshead or a puncheon, in which salt provisions, rice, etc., are packed for shipment.

noun. The third tone of the scale. See mediant.

noun. A sequence of three playing cards of the same suit. Tierce of ace, king and queen is called tierce-major.

noun. The third defensive position, with the sword hand held at waist height, and the tip of the sword at head height.

noun. An ordinary that covers the left or right third of the field of a shield or flag.

noun. The third hour of the day, or nine a. m,; one of the canonical hours; also, the service appointed for that hour.

noun. One sixtieth of a second, i.e., the third in a series of fractional parts in a sexagesimal number system. (Also known as a third.)

noun. the third canonical hour; about 9 a.m.

noun. one of three equal parts of a divisible whole

noun. the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one

"Once the Duke thrust in tierce and Jack's sword arm wavered an instant, and a splash of crimson appeared on his sleeve."

en tierce  quart and tierce  third point  tierce bendwise  tierce major  

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appartient  carrieth  case-bottle  d'hote  fournit  

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