Tierce ¹

Definition: 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 ²

Definition: 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 ³

Definition: The third tone of the scale. See Mediant.

Tierce ⁴

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

Tierce ⁵

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

Tierce ⁶

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

Tierce ⁷

Definition: Divided into three equal parts of three different tinctures; said of an escutcheon.

tierce ⁸

Definition: one of three equal parts of a divisible whole; "it contains approximately a third of the minimum daily requirement"

tierce ⁹

Definition: the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one

tierce ¹⁰

Definition: the third canonical hour; about a.m.