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/ˈtiɹs/
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NOUN
- the third canonical hour; about 9 a.m.
- the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
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one of three equal parts of a divisible whole
it contains approximately a third of the minimum daily requirement
How To Use tierce In A Sentence
- Back in 2002 I imprinted my tiercel gos on the 8th floor of the Wachovia bank building in the uptown area of Albuquerque. Working Like a Dog
- He said a message took three pigeons because of the ubiquitous Peregrines there: "One for the falcon, one for the tiercel, and one for the film". Archive 2006-08-01
- I spend way too much time doing physical conditioning with my tiercel goshawk, but the result is a bird that knows it can smoke any quarry he's programmed to chase. Working Like a Dog
- The Literary Interests of the First Carters." p. 51.) [14.1] A tierce is a measure of liquid "equal to a third of a pipe, or 42 gallons (159 liters). Inventory of Robert Carter's Estate, November [1733]
- Cadfael took his problem with him into the church at the hour of tierce, and said the office privately in a quiet corner. A River So Long
- Tour d'Azyr to be everywhere at once, and then from a low engagement in sixte, Andre-Louis stretched forward with swift and vigorous ease to lunge in tierce. Scaramouche
- On the day when the deputies of the communes entered an assembly, and seated themselves beside the first two orders, the new comer, by virtue of the situation and rank occupied, took the name of third order; and as our fathers used to speak of the third denier (_tiers denier_), and the third day (_tierce journee_), so they must have spoken of the (_tiers-etat_) third estate. A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, Volume 2
- French school, by which, at serious issues, the guarding of the line can be more quickly done: as, for instance, the 'parade de septime' supplanting the slower 'parade de prime;' the 'parade de quarte' having advantage over the 'parade de quince;' the 'parade de tierce' being readier and stronger than the 'parade de sixte;' the same said for the Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith
- A few years back, a friend of mine's tiercel Peregrine died from a yellowjacket sting to the face. Giant Yellowjacket Nests
- Once the Duke thrust in tierce and Jack's sword arm wavered an instant, and a splash of crimson appeared on his sleeve. The Black Moth: A Romance of the XVIII Century
