- Occurring every third day; as, a tertian fever. - A disease, especially an intermittent fever, which returns
every third day, reckoning inclusively, or in which the intermission
lasts one day. - A liquid measure formerly used for wine, equal to seventy
imperial, or eighty-four wine, gallons, being one third of a tun.
- a church hour - Church service hour - 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. - A cask larger than a barrel, and smaller than a hogshead or
a puncheon, in which salt provisions, rice, etc., are packed for
shipment. - The third tone of the scale. See Mediant. - A sequence of three playing cards of the same suit. Tierce
of ace, king, queen, is called tierce-major. - A position in thrusting or parrying in which the wrist and
nails are turned downward.
- A liquid measure in various countries of Europe. The Dutch
anker, formerly also used in England, contained about 10 of the old
wine gallons, or 8/ imperial gallons.
- Container for liquid - Container for liquids - Distillery tank - Distillery tub - Large container - Large container subject to value added tax - Large open vessel
- 1/16 of pound - 1/16th of a pound - 16th of pound - Announcement carried a bit of weight - Announcements carry little weight - Cup part - Imperial quantity
- Fluid unit - Liquid measure - Two pints - The fourth part; a quarter; hence, a region of the earth. - A measure of capacity, both in dry and in liquid measure;
the fourth part of a gallon; the eighth part of a peck; two pints. - A vessel or measure containing a quart. - In cards, four successive cards of the same suit. Cf.
Tierce, 4.
- 1000 ml units - 1000 mls - 1000ml - A metric unit of liquid - Amount of fluid needed to restore tiler - Capacity unit - Every other plain turkey is how much?