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See tiercé

English

Pronunciation

IPA: /ˈtɪəs/
IPA: /ˈtɪɚs/
IPA: /ˈtɜːs/ (card)

Etymology

From #French|tierce.

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.

Category:Units of measure

:Quotations
:*1882, Again, by 28 Hen. VIII, cap. 14, it is re-enacted that the tun of wine should contain 252 gallons, a butt of Malmsey 126 gallons, a pipe 126 gallons, a tercian or puncheon 84 gallons, a hogshead 63 gallons, a tierce 41 gallons, a barrel 31.5 gallons, a rundlet 18.5 gallons. — James Edwin Thorold Rogers, A History of Agriculture and Prices in England, p. 205.
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.
The third defensive position, with the sword hand held at waist height, and the tip of the sword at head height.
An ordinary that covers the left or right third of the field of a shield or flag.
(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.

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French

Etymology

From tertia.

Adjective

tierce (plural: tierces)

Noun

third
terce

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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Tierc'e \Tier*c['e]"\, a. [F.] (Her.)
Divided into three equal parts of three different tinctures;
-- said of an escutcheon.
[1913 Webster] Tiercel

GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English 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.
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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.
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3. (Mus.) The third tone of the scale. See Mediant.
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4. A sequence of three playing cards of the same suit. Tierce
of ace, king, queen, is called tierce-major.
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5. (Fencing) A position in thrusting or parrying in which the
wrist and nails are turned downward.
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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.
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WordNet 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]

TIERCE, measures. A liquid measure containing the third part of a pipe, or forty-two gallons.