Tierce

What do we mean by tierce?

A measure of liquid capacity, equal to a third of a pipe, or 42 gallons (159 liters). noun

A sequence of three cards of the same suit. noun

The third position from which a parry or thrust can be made in fencing. noun

An interval of a third. noun

In heraldry, divided into three parts of three different tinctures.

A third; a third part. noun

Same as terce, 4. noun

A liquid measure equal to one third of a pipe. See pipe, 8. Also terce. noun

A cask intermediate in size between a barrel and a hogshead: as, a tierce of sugar; a tierce of rice or of salted provisions. noun

In music, same as third. noun

In card-playing, a sequence of three cards. noun

In fencing, the third of a series of eight points and parries, beginning with prime. noun

In heraldry, a fesse composed of three triangles, usually of three different tinctures: a bearing rare in English heraldry. noun

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

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

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

The third tone of the scale. See Mediant. noun

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

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

The third hour of daylight (about 9 am).

The service appointed for this hour.

A widow's right, where she has no conventional provision, to a liferent of a third of the husband's heritable property.

Words that are spelled similarly to tierce:
tierce, fierce, pierce, terce, bierce, tiere.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word tierce:
taille, quint, octave, nominal, barrel, flute, wine, standard, fifth, unit, third, major, great.

Words that rhyme with tierce:
peirce.

Adjectives that are often used to describe tierce:
high, middle, half, counter, great, famous, large, low, prime, smutty, une, simple, more, secret, mid, next, canonical, annual, theological, clever, daily, irresistible, final, fierce, french.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective tierce:
returns.

Consonant match to tierce:
torse, terce, torsk, tarse.

Words that sound like tierce:
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