tierce

[Tierce]

The third canonical hour; about 9 a.m.

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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
one of three equal parts of a divisible whole; "it contains approximately a third of the minimum daily requirement"

Noun
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one

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

n.
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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

Tierc'82

Tier*c'82" , a. [F.] (Her.) Divided into three equal parts of three different tinctures; -- said of an escutcheon.

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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