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TIERCE

Volume 20 · 51 words · 1815 Edition

or TEIRCE, a measure of liquid things, as wine, oil, &c. containing the third part of a pipe, or 42 gallons.

TERCED, in Heraldry, denotes the shield to be divided by any part of the partition-lines, as party, coupy, tranchy, or tailey, into three equal parts of different colours or metals.