tierce
Synonyymisanakirja
tierce
murtoluku, kolmasosa, kolmannes, luku, numero, kolme, 3, III, trio, troikka, triadi, kolmikko, kolminaisuus, tertsiini, tertsetti, kolmonen, ässä, kanoninen hetki, kolmas hetki.
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tierce rimmaa näiden kanssa:
vivace, soft ice, freelance, trance...
Englannin sanakirja
tierce englanniksi
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 gallon|imperial, gallons.
1851, w:Herman Melville|Herman Melville, w:Moby Dick|Moby Dick, s:Moby-Dick/Chapter 22|chapter 22
1882, James Edwin Thorold Rogers, A History of Agriculture and Prices in England, p. 205:
A cask larger than a barrel, and smaller than a hogshead or a puncheon, in which salt provisions, rice, etc., are packed for shipment.
puhekieltä A sequence of three playing cards of the same suit. Tierce of ace, king and queen is called tierce-major.
puhekieltä The third defensive position, with the sword hand held at waist height, and the tip of the sword at head height.
1837 (w), (w)
puhekieltä An ordinary that covers the left or right third of the field of a shield or flag.
puhekieltä (altname): the third canonical hour or its service.
puhekieltä One sixtieth of a second, i.e., the third in a series of fractional parts in a sexagesimal number system. (Also known as a third.)
(feminine singular of)
puhekieltä third
(alternative form of)
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