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Tierce

//ˈtɪəs// name, noun

Proper Noun

Noun

1
A third. obsolete
2
one of three equal parts of a divisible whole wordnet
3
Synonym of terce: the third canonical hour or its service.
4
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one wordnet
5
A cask of a certain size, or its volume used as a measure of capacity. Larger than a barrel but smaller than a hogshead. historical
"He then gave me a large piece of silver coin, such as I never had seen or had before, and told me to get ready for the voyage, and he would credit me with a tierce of sugar, and another of rum […]."

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6
the third canonical hour; about 9 a.m. wordnet
7
The third tone of the scale. See mediant.
8
A sequence of three playing cards of the same suit. Tierce of ace, king and queen is called tierce-major.
9
The third defensive position, with the sword hand held at waist height, and the tip of the sword at head height.
"[W]e behold two men with lion-look, with alert attitude, side foremost, right foot advanced; flourishing and thrusting, stoccado and passado, in tierce and quart; intent to skewer one another."
10
An ordinary that covers the left or right third of the field of a shield or flag.
11
One sixtieth of a second, i.e., the third in a series of fractional parts in a sexagesimal number system. (Also known as a third.) obsolete

Etymology 1

From Old French tierce, from Latin tertia.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from French Tierce.

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