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tierce
1. A sequence of three cards of the same suit.
2. The third of eight positions from which a fencing parry can be made.
3. A former measure of capacity equal to (42 wine gallons).
4. Etymology: from Old French, from Latin tertia, feminine of tertius, "a third"; from base of tres, "three".
2. The third of eight positions from which a fencing parry can be made.
3. A former measure of capacity equal to (42 wine gallons).
4. Etymology: from Old French, from Latin tertia, feminine of tertius, "a third"; from base of tres, "three".
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