Thesaurus: tierce

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1. 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.
2. 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.
3. n. The third tone of the scale. See Mediant.
4. n. A sequence of three playing cards of the same suit. Tierce of ace, king, queen, is called tierce-major.
5. n. A position in thrusting or parrying in which the wrist and nails are turned downward.
6. n. The third hour of the day, or nine a. m,; one of the canonical hours; also, the service appointed for that hour.
7. a. Divided into three equal parts of three different tinctures; -- said of an escutcheon.
8. n. the third canonical hour; about 9 a.m.
9. n. the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
10. n. one of three equal parts of a divisible whole
11. 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. Divided into three equal parts of three different tinctures; -- said of an escutcheon.
12. n the third canonical hour; about 9 a.m. n the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one n one of three equal parts of a divisible whole