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n 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.

n A cask larger than a barrel, and smaller than a hogshead or a puncheon, in which salt provisions, rice, etc., are packed for shipment.

n (music) The third tone of the scale. See mediant.

n (card games) A sequence of three playing cards of the same suit. Tierce of ace, king and queen is called tierce-major.

n (fencing) The third defensive position, with the sword hand held at waist height, and the tip of the sword at head height.

n (heraldiccharge) An ordinary that covers the left or right third of the field of a shield or flag.

n (religion|Roman Catholic) The third hour of the day, or nine a. m,; one of the canonical hours; also, the service appointed for that hour.

n (obsolete) 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.)