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tierce

 

  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Tierc'e  \Tier*c['e]"\,  a.  [F.]  (Her.) 
  Divided  into  three  equal  parts  of  three  different  tinctures; 
  --  said  of  an  escutcheon. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Tierce  \Tierce\,  n.  [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}.] 
  1.  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. 
 
  2.  A  cask  larger  than  a  barrel,  and  smaller  than  a  hogshead 
  or  a  puncheon,  in  which  salt  provisions,  rice,  etc.,  are 
  packed  for  shipment. 
 
  3.  (Mus.)  The  third  tone  of  the  scale.  See  {Mediant}. 
 
  4.  A  sequence  of  three  playing  cards  of  the  same  suit.  Tierce 
  of  ace,  king,  queen,  is  called  tierce-major. 
 
  5.  (Fencing)  A  position  in  thrusting  or  parrying  in  which  the 
  wrist  and  nails  are  turned  downward. 
 
  6.  (R.  C.  Ch.)  The  third  hour  of  the  day  or  nine  a.  m,;  one 
  of  the  canonical  hours;  also  the  service  appointed  for 
  that  hour. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  tierce 
  n  1:  the  third  canonical  hour;  about  9  a.m.  [syn:  {terce}] 
  2:  the  cardinal  number  that  is  the  sum  of  one  and  one  and  one 
  [syn:  {three},  {3},  {III},  {trio},  {threesome},  {leash},  {troika}, 
  {triad},  {trine},  {trinity},  {ternary},  {ternion},  {triplet}, 
  {tercet},  {terzetto},  {trey},  {deuce-ace}] 
  3:  one  of  three  equal  parts  of  a  divisible  whole;  "it  contains 
  approximately  a  third  of  the  minimum  daily  requirement" 
  [syn:  {one-third},  {third}]




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