| Tierce (tierce) |
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| n. | (?) |
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| Tierce |
| [F. tierce a third,
from tiers, tierce, third, fr. L. tertius the third;
akin to tres three. See Third, Three, and cf.
Terce, Tercet, Tertiary.] |
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.
A cask larger than a barrel, and smaller than a
hogshead or a puncheon, in which salt provisions, rice, etc., are packed
for shipment.
The third tone of the scale. See
Mediant.
A sequence of three playing cards of the same
suit. Tierce of ace, king, queen, is called tierce-major.
A position in thrusting or
parrying in which the wrist and nails are turned downward.
The third hour of the day, or
nine a. m,; one of the canonical hours; also, the service appointed
for that hour.
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| Tiercé (tierce) |
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| a. | (?) |
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| Tier*cé" |
| [F.] (Her.) |
Divided into three equal parts of three different tinctures; -- said
of an escutcheon.
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