tierce
Significado de tierce
n.Tércia.
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.
A cask larger than a barrel, and smaller than a hogshead or a puncheon, in which salt provisions, rice, etc., are packed for shipment.
The third tone of the scale. See Mediant.
A sequence of three playing cards of the same suit. Tierce of ace, king, queen, is called tierce-major.
A position in thrusting or parrying in which the wrist and nails are turned downward.
The third hour of the day, or nine a. m,; one of the canonical hours; also, the service appointed for that hour.
Divided into three equal parts of three different tinctures; -- said of an escutcheon
terce, canonical hour generic term noun, three, III, trio, threesome, leash, troika, triad, trine, trinity, ternary, ternion, triplet, tercet, terzetto, trey, deuce-ace, digit generic term, figure generic term noun, one-third, third, common fraction generic term, simple fraction generic term
Vogais: iee
Consoantes: trc
Palavras Parecidas
terce, terrace, teres, terse, trace, trice, truce, tie rack, teresa, thrace.
