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- Tierce - 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.
- Tierce - 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.
- Tierce - n. - The third tone of the scale. See Mediant.
- Tierce - n. - A sequence of three playing cards of the same suit. Tierce of ace, king, queen, is called tierce-major.
- Tierce - n. - A position in thrusting or parrying in which the wrist and nails are turned downward.
- Tierce - n. - The third hour of the day, or nine a. m,; one of the canonical hours; also, the service appointed for that hour.
- Tierce - a. - Divided into three equal parts of three different tinctures; -- said of an escutcheon.
- Tierce-major - n. - See Tierce, 4.
- Tiercel - n. - Alt. of Tiercelet
- Tiercelet - n. - The male of various falcons, esp. of the peregrine; also, the male of the goshawk.
- Tiercet - n. - A triplet; three lines, or three lines rhyming together.
- Caroteel - n. - A tierce or cask for dried fruits, etc., usually about 700 lbs.