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Tierce <ref name="term_63223" /> | == Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_185410" /> == | ||
<p> '''(1):''' ''' (''' n.) The third tone of the scale. See Mediant. </p> <p> '''(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. </p> <p> '''(3):''' ''' (''' n.) [[A]] sequence of three playing cards of the same suit. [[Tierce]] of ace, king, queen, is called tierce-major. </p> <p> '''(4):''' ''' (''' 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. </p> <p> '''(5):''' ''' (''' n.) [[A]] position in thrusting or parrying in which the wrist and nails are turned downward. </p> <p> '''(6):''' ''' (''' n.) The third hour of the day, or nine a. m,; one of the canonical hours; also, the service appointed for that hour. </p> <p> '''(7):''' ''' (''' a.) [[Divided]] into three equal parts of three different tinctures; - said of an escutcheon. </p> | |||
== King James Dictionary <ref name="term_63750" /> == | |||
<p> [[Tierce,]] n. ters. [[A]] cask whose content is one third of a pipe, that is, forty gallons or it may be the measure. </p> 1. In Ireland, a weight by which provisions are sold. The tierce of beef for the navy, Isaiah 304 lb. and for India, 336 lb. 2. In music, a third. 3. In gaming, a sequence of three cards of the same color. 4. [[A]] thrust in fencing. | |||
== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_63223" /> == | |||
<p> the service for the third hour, or nine o'clock in the morning, in the early Church. (See Matin); (See [[Nones]]); (See [[Vespers]]). </p> | <p> the service for the third hour, or nine o'clock in the morning, in the early Church. (See Matin); (See [[Nones]]); (See [[Vespers]]). </p> | ||
==References == | ==References == | ||
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<ref name="term_185410"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/webster-s-dictionary/tierce Tierce from Webster's Dictionary]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_63750"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/king-james-dictionary/tierce Tierce from King James Dictionary]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_63223"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/tierce Tierce from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref> | <ref name="term_63223"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/tierce Tierce from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref> | ||
</references> | </references> | ||
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Webster's Dictionary [1]
(1): ( n.) The third tone of the scale. See Mediant.
(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.
(3): ( n.) A sequence of three playing cards of the same suit. Tierce of ace, king, queen, is called tierce-major.
(4): ( 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.
(5): ( n.) A position in thrusting or parrying in which the wrist and nails are turned downward.
(6): ( n.) The third hour of the day, or nine a. m,; one of the canonical hours; also, the service appointed for that hour.
(7): ( a.) Divided into three equal parts of three different tinctures; - said of an escutcheon.
King James Dictionary [2]
Tierce, n. ters. A cask whose content is one third of a pipe, that is, forty gallons or it may be the measure.
1. In Ireland, a weight by which provisions are sold. The tierce of beef for the navy, Isaiah 304 lb. and for India, 336 lb. 2. In music, a third. 3. In gaming, a sequence of three cards of the same color. 4. A thrust in fencing.
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [3]
the service for the third hour, or nine o'clock in the morning, in the early Church. (See Matin); (See Nones); (See Vespers).
