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Definition of Tierce
| n. | 1. | 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. | | 2. | 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. | (Mus.) The third tone of the scale. See Mediant. | | 4. | A sequence of three playing cards of the same suit. Tierce of ace, king, queen, is called tierce-major. | | 5. | (Fencing) A position in thrusting or parrying in which the wrist and nails are turned downward. | | 6. | (R. C. Ch.) The third hour of the day, or nine a. m,; one of the canonical hours; also, the service appointed for that hour. | | a. | 1. | (Her.) Divided into three equal parts of three different tinctures; - said of an escutcheon. |
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canonical hour, terce
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