My lord parried gracefully in tierce, and chuckled softly to himself. From Wordnik.com. [The Black Moth: A Romance of the XVIII Century] Reference
Sequences of 3-8 cards are called tierce, quart, quint, sixième, septième and huitième respectively. From Wordnik.com. [Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en]] Reference
Carte and tierce was his life, and a carte was his death. From Wordnik.com. [The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 17, No. 493, June 11, 1831] Reference
The average price of a tierce of rice (600lbs.) is from 3l. From Wordnik.com. [Lands of the Slave and the Free Cuba, the United States, and Canada] Reference
First they tap a half-tierce and drink a health to Dashwodd's race. From Wordnik.com. [The Boys of Fair Hill (2)] Reference
We'll drink a health to Dashwood's race as we tap the half o 'tierce. From Wordnik.com. [The Boys of Fairhill] Reference
He took no food, and said the office at tierce and sext in the saddle. From Wordnik.com. [A River So Long] Reference
Have an eye to the molasses tierce, Mr. Stubb; it was a little leaky, I thought. From Wordnik.com. [Moby Dick; or the Whale] Reference
Two ladders were still in place, and I could see some tierce fighting going on behind the battlements. From Wordnik.com. [Blood of Amber]
From vespers on Sunday night until tierce on Monday Patrick would not come from the place where he might be. From Wordnik.com. [The Most Ancient Lives of Saint Patrick Including the Life by Jocelin, Hitherto Unpublished in America, and His Extant Writings] Reference
This letter announced a small barrel of biscuit, a tierce of wine, a half tierce of brandy, and a Dutch cheese. From Wordnik.com. [Perils and Captivity Comprising The sufferings of the Picard family after the shipwreck of the Medusa, in the year 1816; Narrative of the captivity of M. de Brisson, in the year 1785; Voyage of Madame Godin along the river of the Amazons, in the year 1770.] Reference
Papa says I shall have a proper sword when we reach Virginia, now I am tall enough for the reach of tierce and longé. From Wordnik.com. [Drums of Autumn]
Perhaps the land rots from within, as you say, but the ruling caste, the Kshatriyas, are tierce men with eyes for conquest. From Wordnik.com. [Conan The Victorious]
"Men of the sword like us ever reverence tierce, quarte, and octave; but as for the folds of the cassock, I know nothing of them.". From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
The scores for tierce and quart are simply the length. From Wordnik.com. [Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en]] Reference
This day I sent my cozen Roger a tierce of claret, which I give him. From Wordnik.com. [Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete] Reference
Opened a tierce of bread and Served the people three days allowance. From Wordnik.com. [Privateering and Piracy in the Colonial Period Illustrative Documents] Reference
Opened a bb. of Beef and a tierce of bread. the people had a pale of punch. From Wordnik.com. [Privateering and Piracy in the Colonial Period Illustrative Documents] Reference
DANCING MASTER: I disdain his demonstrations, and his tierce, and his quarte. From Wordnik.com. [Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme] Reference
He brought his sword en tierce; Loge's blade met his with strength and delicacy. From Wordnik.com. [The Cruise of the Jasper B.] Reference
After dinner I took them down into the wine-cellar, and broached my tierce of claret for them. From Wordnik.com. [Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete] Reference
Opened a bb. of beef and 1 tierce of bread. the two Men that had signed the day before had Arms Given them. From Wordnik.com. [Privateering and Piracy in the Colonial Period Illustrative Documents] Reference
At the second hour tierce shall be said, and all shall labor at the task which is enjoined upon them until the ninth. From Wordnik.com. [A Source Book for Ancient Church History] Reference
Up, and having set my neighbour, Mr. Hudson, wine coopers, at work drawing out a tierce of wine for the sending of some of it to my wife. From Wordnik.com. [Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete] Reference
The sergeant stood back, pretending to put on a terrible frown, and cutting the air in carte and tierce with his handsome tasselled stick. From Wordnik.com. [Stradella] Reference
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