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Tierce
n.
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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
n.
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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
n.
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The third tone of the scale. See Mediant.
Tierce
n.
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A sequence of three playing cards of the same suit. Tierce of ace, king, queen, is called tierce-major.
Tierce
n.
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A position in thrusting or parrying in which the wrist and nails are turned downward.
Tierce
n.
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The third hour of the day, or nine a. m,; one of the canonical hours; also, the service appointed for that hour.
Tierce
a.
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Divided into three equal parts of three different tinctures; -- said of an escutcheon.
Tiercel
n.
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Alt. of Tiercelet
Tiercelet
n.
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The male of various falcons, esp. of the peregrine; also, the male of the goshawk.
Tierce-major
n.
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See Tierce, 4.
Tiercet
n.
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A triplet; three lines, or three lines rhyming together.
Tie-rod
n.
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A rod used as a tie. See Tie.
Tiers etat
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The third estate, or commonalty, in France, answering to the commons in Great Britain; -- so called in distinction from, and as inferior to, the nobles and clergy.
Tietick
n.
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The meadow pipit.
Tiewig
n.
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A wig having a tie or ties, or one having some of the curls tied up; also, a wig tied upon the head.
Tiff
n.
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Liquor; especially, a small draught of liquor.
Tiff
n.
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A fit of anger or peevishness; a slight altercation or contention. See Tift.
Tiffed
imp. & p. p.
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of Tiff
Tiffing
p. pr. & vb. n.
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of Tiff
Tiff
v. i.
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To be in a pet.
Tiger
n.
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A kind of growl or screech, after cheering; as, three cheers and a tiger.
Tiger
n.
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A pneumatic box or pan used in refining sugar.
Tiger-eye
n.
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A siliceous stone of a yellow color and chatoyant luster, obtained in South Africa and much used for ornament. It is an altered form of the mineral crocidolite. See Crocidolite.
Tiger-foot
n.
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Same as Tiger's-foot.
Tiger-footed
a.
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Hastening to devour; furious.
Tigerine
a.
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Tigerish; tigrine.
Tigerish
a.
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Like a tiger; tigrish.
Tiger's-foot
n.
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A name given to some species of morning-glory (Ipomoea) having the leaves lobed in pedate fashion.
Tigh
n.
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A close, or inclosure; a croft.
Tight
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p. p. of Tie.