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单词 tierce
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tiercen.1

/tɪəs/
Forms: α. Middle English–1700s terse, 1500s teyrse, teers, 1500s–1600s tearce, 1600s tearse, teirce, teirse, ters, Middle English–1800s terce: see also terce n. β. Middle English tyerce, tyrse, Middle English–1500s tyerse, 1500s tyers, tiersse, tiers, tirce, 1500s–1600s tierse, Middle English– tierce.
Etymology: < Old French terce, tierce, feminine of terz, tierz (Roland, 11th cent.), later ters, tiers, modern French tiers, feminine tierce < Latin tertium, feminine tertiam third.
1.
a. A third part: = third adj. 1. Obsolete.
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the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > three > division into three > [noun] > a third
thirdc950
thirdendealc1000
thirdel1297
third parta1400
third pennyc1400
tierce1491
ternary part1599
1491 in J. Stuart Extracts Council Reg. Aberdeen (1844) I. 326 Twa tercis beand defalkyt of þe sade some.
1555 R. Eden Two Viages into Guinea in tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde f. 351 Two smaule Ilandes standyng in the .xxii. degrees and a terce.
1624 J. Smith Gen. Hist. Virginia 16 We came to Hatorask in 36. degrees and a terse.
1651 W. Davenant Gondibert i. v. lvi Four~hundred leaders..And twice the tierce of these consists of those [etc.].
b. = third n. 7. Obsolete. rare.
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the world > relative properties > number > geometry > angle > [noun] > degree > second > sixtieth part of
tiercec1420
third1595
c1420 J. Lydgate Story of Thebes i. 39 The heauenly mansions Clerely searched, by smale fraccions, First by secondes, terces, and eke quartes.
c. Abbreviated title of the treatise Super Tertium Sententiarum of Alexander Hales. Obsolete.
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1502 tr. Ordynarye of Crysten Men (de Worde) iv. xxi. sig. aa.ii v It is sacrylege after mayster Alexande de halis in his tyers.
2. Christian Church.
a. The third hour of the canonical day, ending at 9 a.m.; also, the period from 9 a.m. till noon. (Cf. prime n.1 1) Obsolete exc. Historical.
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society > faith > worship > canonical hours > tierce (9 a.m.) > [noun]
underna900
undern-songa1400
tiercec1450
third hour1706
tierce-song1852
c1450 Mirour Saluacioun 3644 It was bot tierce of the daye ouer ayrly than for drynking.
c1480 (a1400) SS. Simon & Jude 197 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 213 To-morne, or it terse be,..sal cum to þe, messyngeris.
1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende 84/2 He..prayd fro tyerce vnto none.
1661 S. Morgan Sphere of Gentry iv. iii. 37* Upon St. George's Even, at the hour of Tierce.
1706 tr. L. E. Du Pin New Eccl. Hist. 16th Cent. II. v. 43 The second [part of the 12 hours] which lasted till Noon, was called Tierce, because it began at the Third Hour of the day.
1845 J. Lingard Hist. & Antiq. Anglo-Saxon Church (ed. 3) I. vii. 297 The third of these hours was called undern or terce.
b. (Now usually spelt terce.) The office said at this hour.
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c1380 J. Wyclif Wks. (1880) 41 Late lewid freris seie..for prime, tierce, vndren & noon, for eche of hem seuene pater nostris.
1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection iii. sig. KKKiiv The churche..in..the..houres canonicall, entendeth to..worshyp at .vii. tymes in the day, that is to say: In matynes, prime, tierce, sexte, none, euynsong, & complyn.
1737 R. Challoner Catholick Christian Instructed xxii. 212 Terce, Sext, and None, begin with Pater, Ave,&c. and consist each of them of a proper Hymn, and six Divisions of the 118th Psalm.
1853 J. D. H. Dale tr. G. Baldeschi Ceremonial Rom. Rite 101 The vesting of the Bishop for Terce.
1897 E. Bishop in Prymer (E.E.T.S.) Introd. 38 The day hours, prime and terce, and sext and none, said in every secular church.
3. Scots Law. See terce n.
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c1575 Balfour's Practicks (1754) 336 A Lady tiercear, or conjunct-fear, havand ane tierce or conjunct-fie of ward landis, or blanche landis.
4. An old measure of capacity equivalent to one third of a pipe (usually 42 gallons old wine measure, but varying for different commodities: cf. pipe n.2 2); also a cask or vessel holding this quantity, usually of wine, but also of various kinds of provisions or other goods (e.g. beef, pork, salmon, coffee, honey, sugar, tallow, tobacco); also such a cask with its contents.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > receptacle or container > vessel > barrel or cask > [noun] > of specific size
kilderkin1390
tierce1531
pin1570
quardeel1681
caroteel1704
queue1739
anker?c1750
eighteener1870
the world > relative properties > measurement > the scientific measurement of volume > measure(s) of capacity > [noun] > liquid measure of capacity > specific units of liquid measure > barrel or cask as unit
pipe1352
tunc1400
piece1423
hogshead1427
ton mascull1432
tierce1531
leaguer1683
tonneau1794
1531 Charterparty in R. G. Marsden Sel. Pleas Admiralty 36 Accounttyng..ij pipes for a ton iiij hoggeshedds for a ton and vj tercys for a ton.
1531–2 Act 23 Hen. VIII c. 7 §5 The butte, tonne, pype..teers, barrell or rondlett.
1538 T. Elyot Dict. Addicion Hemicadia, vesselles callyd a tierce, halfe a hoggesheed.
1588 in W. Greenwell Wills & Inventories Registry Durham (1860) II. 180 ix tearces of honeye, at 16l. per tonne, 24l.
1707 London Gaz. No. 4337/4 On Wednesday..will be exposed to Sale..about 400 Hogsheads and 10 Tierces of..French Claret.
1800 P. Colquhoun Treat. Commerce & Police R. Thames iii. 136 Beef and Pork..contained in..Tierces and Barrels.
1825 Gentleman's Mag. 95 i. 216 [Coffee berries] closely packed in tierces for exportation.
1886 Pall Mall Gaz. 19 June 6/1 The tobacco..comes from abroad..in hogsheads..in what are called tierces (a smaller wooden barrel), and in bales.
5. A band or company of soldiers (cf. tercio n.).
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society > armed hostility > armed forces > the Army > unit of army > [noun] > regiment > infantry regiment
tierce1577
tercio1583
tertia1631
prikaz1662
pultan1800
1577 R. Holinshed Chron. II. 1860/2 400. harquebusiers Spanyards, of the tierze [1587 tierse] of Sardigna.
1668 London Gaz. No. 237/3 The Leavies of a Terse of Italian Infantry.
6. One of the positions in fencing; the third of the eight parries in sword-play, or the corresponding thrust: see quots. Also figurative (usually in collocation with carte or quarte). Cf. carte n.2, quarte n.
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting sports > fencing > [noun] > positions
in-stop14..
out-stopa1500
warda1586
guard1601
preem1603
unicorn guard1617
quarte1639
tierce1687
tierce guard1687
tierce parade1687
inside1692
carte1707
hanging guard1707
quinte1707
seconde1707
saccoon1708
prime1710
segoon1721
octave1771
supination1805
septime1861
sixte1885
sixth1885
corps à corps1910
1687 W. Hope Scots Fencing-master 4 When a Man holdeth the Nails of his Sword hand quite downwards,..he is said to hold his hand in Terce.
1707 W. Hope New Method Fencing 15 The only sure defence and preservative upon the ordinary Quart and Tierce Guards.
1709 R. Steele Tatler No. 26. ⁋11 Questions about the Words Cart and Terce, and other Terms of Fencers.
1781 R. B. Sheridan Critic iii. i O cursed parry!—that last thrust in tierce Was fatal.
1809 J. Roland Amateur of Fencing 37 In parrying either carte or tierce the same edge of your blade will parry both parades, provided you turn your wrist in its proper position for each parade.
1809 B. H. Malkin tr. A. R. Le Sage Adventures Gil Blas II. iv. vii. 150 The assassin stab of time was parried by the quart and tierce of art.
1840 R. H. Barham Tragedy in Ingoldsby Legends 1st Ser. iv He thrust carte and tierce Uncommonly fierce.
1875 Ld. Tennyson Queen Mary v. v. 277 To reign is restless fence, Tierce, quart, and trickery.
1878 R. Browning Two Poets of Croisic in La Saisiaz & Two Poets of Croisic 137 No carte-and-tierce Observes the grinning fencer.
1889 Ld. Tennyson Demeter & other Poems 173 Subtle at tierce and quart of mind with mind.]
7. In piquet and other card games, a sequence of three cards in any suit. tierce major, the highest three cards of a suit; tierce minor, the lowest three, i.e. seven, eight, and nine; tierce to a king, queen, etc., a tierce of which the king, queen, etc., is the highest. Cf. quart n.2 2, quint n.2
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society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > card or cards > [noun] > combinations of cards
cater-trey?a1500
mournival1530
sequence1575
pair royal1608
septieme1651
tierce1659
pair1674
purtaunte1688
quart major1718
matrimonya1743
queen-suit1744
quart1746
prial1776
flux1798
fredon1798
tricon1798
intrigue1830
straight1841
marriage1861
under-sequence1863
straight five1864
double pair-royal?1870
run?1870
short suit1876
four1883
fourchette1885
meld1887
doubleton1906
canasta1948
1659 H. Neville Shufling, Cutting, & Dealing 3 I have got a good Tearse.
1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory (1905) iii. xvi. 73/2 A Tierce Major, is the sequence of Queen, King and Ace in Picket, and of Knave, Queene and King in other games.
1765 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy VII. ix. 35 That, sir, is a terce to a nine in your favour.
1860 Bohn's Hand-bk. Games i. 14 Many good players, in playing tierce majors, begin with the king and queen.
1904 M. Hewlett Queen's Quair i. xi. 146 I've a terce to my Queen, mistress.
8. Music. (a) The interval of a third (major or minor); the note at this interval above a given note. Now rare or Obsolete. (b) The note two octaves and a major third (= a major 17th) above a fundamental note; hence, a mutation stop in an organ giving tones at this interval above the normal pitch. tierce of Picardy (usually in French form tierce de Picardie), a major third used instead of a minor in the final chord of a piece in a minor key.
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society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > pitch > interval > [noun] > third
third1597
tierce1696
terza1724
society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > harmony or sounds in combination > chord > [noun] > other chords
seventh1591
fourth1597
sixth1597
fifth1631
tierce1696
septime1725
repercussion1728
octave1749
substitution1784
triad1786
German sixth1812
French sixth1813
nintha1830
Neapolitan sixth1871
six-four1873
Italian sixth1875
tetrad1881
added sixth1888
leading seventh1889
ninth chord1889
under-chord1890
diminished seventh1926
1696 E. Phillips New World of Words (new ed.) Tierce,..in Musick, a Concord.
1704 J. Harris Lexicon Technicum I. (at cited entry) If the Terms be as 5 to 4, 'tis called, a Tierce Major, or a Diton; but if the Terms are as 6 to 5, then 'tis called, a Tierce Minor, or Demi-Diton.
1776 C. Burney Gen. Hist. Music I. 138 The two stops of an organ called the fifteenth and tierce.
1786 T. Busby Compl. Dict. Music Tierce, the interval of a third.
1849 Hamilton's Celebrated Dict. 117 Tierce de Picardie (French), a term applied to the concluding chord of a piece of music in a minor key, when its third is made major by an accidental sharp or natural.
1879 tr. T. A. L. Du Moncel Telephone 43 Vibrations..in the relation of a tierce major, that is in the relation of four to five.
1889 G. Grove Dict. Music IV. 114/2 The Third, thus made major by an accidental sharp or natural, is called the ‘tierce de Picardie’.
1940 Scrutiny 9 128 Beneath the suspended F sharp of the concluding tierce de picardie, trombones, violas, and horns emphatically sing.
1959 D. Cooke Lang. Music ii. 57 For centuries, pieces in a minor key had to have a ‘happy ending’—a final major chord (the ‘tierce de Picardie’) or a bare fifth.
1978 New Universities Q. XXXII. 288 The final cadence achieves, and deserves, the bliss of a tierce de Picardie.
9. Heraldry. (a) A charge composed of three triangles, usually all of different tinctures, arranged in fesse, also in bend. (b) The division of a shield by lines into three equal parts: see quot. 1883 at tiercé adj.
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society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > charge: device on shield > [noun] > less honourable charge > charge of three triangles
tierce1847
society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > [noun] > armorial bearings or coat of arms > the various coats combined on a shield > combining two or more coats > specific
quarteringa1450
impaling1605
discincture1610
impalement1778
dimidiation1780
tierce1847
dimidiating1864
c1828 W. Berry Encycl. Her. I. Gloss. Tierces, or Tierches,..used by French heralds to express three figures which only take up the space of a fesse, but which are sometimes placed in bend.]
1847 Webster's Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Tierce..a field divided into three parts.
1894 Parker's Gloss. Her. Tierce (fr.), a charge occurring in some French arms, consisting of three triangles arranged generally in fesse. There may be two tierces in the same shield.

Compounds

attributive or as adj. in special collocations:
tierce guard n. see sense 6.
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting sports > fencing > [noun] > positions
in-stop14..
out-stopa1500
warda1586
guard1601
preem1603
unicorn guard1617
quarte1639
tierce1687
tierce guard1687
tierce parade1687
inside1692
carte1707
hanging guard1707
quinte1707
seconde1707
saccoon1708
prime1710
segoon1721
octave1771
supination1805
septime1861
sixte1885
sixth1885
corps à corps1910
1687 W. Hope Scots Fencing-master 116 I esteem the Terce Guard, with the point higher then the Hilt.
tierce parade n. = tierce guard n.
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting sports > fencing > [noun] > positions
in-stop14..
out-stopa1500
warda1586
guard1601
preem1603
unicorn guard1617
quarte1639
tierce1687
tierce guard1687
tierce parade1687
inside1692
carte1707
hanging guard1707
quinte1707
seconde1707
saccoon1708
prime1710
segoon1721
octave1771
supination1805
septime1861
sixte1885
sixth1885
corps à corps1910
1687 W. Hope Scots Fencing-master 22 The Terce Parade, or the Parade without the Sword, because you put by the thrust upon that side which is without your Sword.
tierce point n. [French tiers-point] Architecture the vertex of an equilateral triangle, or of a pointed arch.
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1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Third Tierce-Point, in Architecture, the Point of Section in the Vertex of an Equilateral Triangle.
1842 J. Gwilt Encycl. Archit. Gloss. 1046 Tierce Point, the vertex of an equilateral triangle.
tierce rhyme n. = terza rima n.
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society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > versification > [noun] > terza rima
triple rime1727
terza rima1819
third rhyme1820
triple (also treble) rhyme1869
tierce rhyme1877
1877 Tomlinson (title) A Vision of Hell: The Inferno of Dante translated into English Tierce Rhyme.
tierce-song n. the office of terce (= sense 2b); cf. undern-song at undern n. Compounds.
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society > faith > worship > canonical hours > tierce (9 a.m.) > [noun]
underna900
undern-songa1400
tiercec1450
third hour1706
tierce-song1852
1852 D. Rock Church our Fathers III. x. 473 St. Bede died a little after undern-time, or tierce-song hour.

Derivatives

carte and tierce v. (also quart and tierce) cf. quart v.1), intransitive to parry or thrust in tierce (in quot. 1833 transferred); in quot. 1765 transitive ? to fence with (or ? as a vague threat).
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1765 S. Foote Commissary iii. 65 John fetch me the foils; I'll carte and tierce you, you scoundrel.
1833 New Monthly Mag. 38 343 He quarts and tierces for twenty minutes, slips, drops, and rolls.
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