tierce

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. Source: opted

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. Source: opted

3. n. The third tone of the scale. See Mediant. Source: opted

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

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

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

7. a. Divided into three equal parts of three different tinctures; -- said of an escutcheon. Source: opted

8. n. the third canonical hour; about 9 a.m. Source: wordnet

9. n. the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one Source: wordnet

10. n. one of three equal parts of a divisible whole Source: wordnet

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. Source: webster

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 Source: ecdict

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