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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: Tierce (0.00989 detik)
Found 2 items, similar to Tierce.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: tierce tierce n 1: the third canonical hour; about 9 a.m. [syn: terce] 2: the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one [syn: three, 3, III, trio, threesome, leash, troika, triad, trine, trinity, ternary, ternion, triplet, tercet, terzetto, trey, deuce-ace] 3: one of three equal parts of a divisible whole; “it contains approximately a third of the minimum daily requirement” [syn: one-third, third]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Tierce Tierce \Tierce\, n. [F. tierce a third, from tiers, tierce, third, fr. L. tertius the third; akin to tres three. See Third, Three, and cf. Terce, Tercet, Tertiary.] 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. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 3. (Mus.) The third tone of the scale. See Mediant. [1913 Webster] 4. A sequence of three playing cards of the same suit. Tierce of ace, king, queen, is called tierce-major. [1913 Webster] 5. (Fencing) A position in thrusting or parrying in which the wrist and nails are turned downward. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster]

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