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tier

 

  4  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Tier  \Ti"er\,  n. 
  One  who  or  that  which  ties. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Tier  \Ti"er\,  n.  [See  {Tire}  a  headdress.] 
  A  chold's  apron  covering  the  upper  part  of  the  body,  and  tied 
  with  tape  or  cord;  a  pinafore.  [Written  also  {tire}.] 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Tier  \Tier\,  n.  [Perhaps  fr  OF  tire,  F.  tire;  probably  of 
  Teutonic  origin;  cf  OHG.  ziar[=i]  ornament,  G.  zier,  AS 
  t[=i]r  glory,  ti['e]r  row,  rank.  But  cf  also  F.  tirer  to 
  draw,  pull  of  Teutonic  origin.  Cf  {Attire},  v.  t.,  {Tire}  a 
  headdress,  but  also  {Tirade}.] 
  A  row  or  rank,  especially  one  of  two  or  more  rows  placed  one 
  above,  or  higher  than  another;  as  a  tier  of  seats  in  a 
  theater. 
 
  {Tiers  of  a  cable},  the  ranges  of  fakes,  or  windings,  of  a 
  cable,  laid  one  within  another  when  coiled. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  tier 
  n  1:  a  relative  position  or  degree  of  value  in  a  graded  group: 
  "lumber  of  the  highest  grade"  [syn:  {grade},  {level}] 
  2:  one  of  a  set  of  rows  placed  one  above  or  behind  the  other 
  3:  one  of  two  or  more  layers  one  atop  another:  "tier  upon  tier 
  of  huge  casks";  "a  three-tier  wedding  cake"




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