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A: Then I score 6 for the point, 15 for the quint sequence, and 3 for the tierce, making 24. Hoyle's Games Modernized 2012-04-15T02:00:05.927Z
Distress and illness succeeded; but Charles I. being made aware of his forlorn condition, granted him an additional pension, and that tierce of canary, whose successors have been drained by all poet-laureates since his day. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z
Yes, from a thrust in tierce, which burst the doublet, Then carved its cruel way between the ribs Through to the chest and to the liver, which, As you well know, makes blood. The Dramas of Victor Hugo: Mary Tudor, Marion de Lorme, Esmeralda 2012-03-15T02:00:28.817Z
Lad, it stabs me like a French dirk, nor can I guard the thrust in tierce! Cardigan 2012-02-24T03:00:29.073Z
On each side of the door are huge stacks of staves, piled up in a very uniform manner, used for making hogsheads or tierces for packing sugar, or puncheons for the conveyance of rum. Antigua and the Antiguans, Volume I (of 2) A full account of the colony and its inhabitants from the time of the Caribs to the present day 2012-02-09T03:00:15.267Z
Once the Duke thrust in tierce and Jack's sword arm wavered an instant, and a splash of crimson appeared on his sleeve. The Black Moth A Romance of the XVIIIth Century 2012-01-31T03:00:13.827Z
Quart, Quarte, k�rt, n. a sequence of four cards: one of the eight thrusts and parries in fencing.—Quart and tierce, practice between fencers. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) 2012-01-30T03:00:13.887Z
Looking over my cousin's shoulder I could see that he held but one trump, the ten, and a tierce to the king in another suit. The Courtship of Morrice Buckler A Romance 2012-01-26T03:00:17.027Z
The shape of the creature's head was more like a tierce than anything I can liken it to. Scientific American, Vol. XLIII.?No. 1. [New Series.], July 3, 1880 A Weekly Journal Of Practical Information, Art, Science, Mechanics, Chemistry, And Manufactures 2012-01-05T03:00:30.823Z
Maddened by this taunt, he pulled himself together and lunged recklessly at me in tierce; it was an easy parry, and with a strong beat I disarmed him. The Honour of Savelli A Romance 2011-12-10T03:00:15.560Z
He feinted suddenly inside the arm, deceiving the parade of tierce. The Black Moth A Romance of the XVIIIth Century 2012-01-31T03:00:13.827Z
Thereupon, incontinent they drove together, and with mighty strokes strove one against the other from the hour of tierce till it was nones. Aucassin & Nicolette And Other Mediaeval Romances and Legends 2011-11-24T03:00:40.487Z
A tierce, Ill parried, stretched a swordsman low, Who lunged with failing point but fierce, And dying, dropped before his foe. The Call of the Mountains and other Poems 2011-10-28T02:00:27.360Z
For a hasty word said in hot blood Must thou be ever quarte, and tierce, and thrust? Tales of the Wonder Club, Volume III 2011-07-16T02:00:13.547Z
He played the usual game of left-handed men, namely, a cut over, and disengagement in tierce, but remising, I forced him to a straight riposte, and pinked him through the ribs. The Honour of Savelli A Romance 2011-12-10T03:00:15.560Z
My lord parried gracefully in tierce, and chuckled softly to himself. The Black Moth A Romance of the XVIIIth Century 2012-01-31T03:00:13.827Z
The hour of tierce was now come, and neither of the parents had yet entered in the chamber where the children lay, but the father went heavily for reason of their death. Aucassin & Nicolette And Other Mediaeval Romances and Legends 2011-11-24T03:00:40.487Z
Its use had to be learnt from French masters of deportment; the old magniloquent Italo-Spanish rapier jargon was forgotten; French terms, barbarized into carte, tierce, sagoon, flanquonade, and so forth, were alone understood. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 2 "Fairbanks, Erastus" to "Fens" 2011-06-19T02:00:16.580Z
A rapid coup de tierce was the Marquis' reply. The Lady of the Mount 2011-05-24T02:00:15.640Z
Carte et tierce! but it was a spectacle for Hector and Achilles. The Orpheus C. Kerr Papers, Series 1 2011-04-21T02:00:47.647Z
Even the tierce de Picardie fails to liven up the last bar. Shakespeare and Music 2011-04-01T02:00:29.867Z
There were sacks of corn, tierces of rice, sides of bacon, barrels of flour, hogsheads of sugar, sufficient for several days' rations. The Boys of '61 or, Four Years of Fighting, Personal Observations with the Army and Navy 2011-01-05T03:00:55.123Z
The tryer is inserted in such a way as to reach the head of the barrel, tierce, or cask. Soap-Making Manual A Practical Handbook on the Raw Materials, Their Manipulation, Analysis and Control in the Modern Soap Plant.
These men test the quality and character of materials, they see that the contents of every tierce of 'oleo' and 'neutral' received from the Refinery is from animals that have passed the rigid Government inspection. The Kitchen Encyclopedia Twelfth Edition (Swift & Company)
Here he is, see you, his point bearing so, and, ere you can blink he comes out of tierce and—— "I pink you—so!" said the Major. Our Admirable Betty A Romance
And then began their skirmish of love-making; he making use of all the honied words at his command, she replying to each loving phrase with a proud, tierce parry. Maximina
Weigh the meat and the ingredients in the above proportions, rub the meat thoroughly with this mixture and pack closely in a tierce. Home Pork Making
Von Dessel had sustained a compound fracture of the thigh, while the loss of two fingers from his right hand had spoiled his thrust in tierce for ever. Tales from "Blackwood," Volume 2
But featly and gracefully the lad wheeled and turned, keeping ever his hand in tierce and his blade across his body, slipping and parrying with the utmost calm and ease. The Men of the Moss-Hags Being a history of adventure taken from the papers of William Gordon of Earlstoun in Galloway
You are in tierce—so, your point bearing so—very good! Our Admirable Betty A Romance
Occasionally there was a reference to a coil of rope or a tierce of beef, but these were garrulous fellows. Merchantmen-at-arms : the British merchants' service in the war
Fill the tierce with water and roll every seven days until cured, which in a temperature of 40 to 50 degrees would require about fifty days for a medium ham. Home Pork Making
"Merely gave him that pretty lunge en tierce you favored me with," said he, putting his hand on his side. Tom Burke Of "Ours", Volume II
Lochinvar depended on a low tierce guard with a sloping point, and reined his horse near, that his enemy might be prevented from closing with him on his left, or side of disadvantage. The Men of the Moss-Hags Being a history of adventure taken from the papers of William Gordon of Earlstoun in Galloway
"Take care of his lunge in tierce,—mind that," cried one. Tom Burke Of "Ours", Volume I
A nerveless parry in tierce brought out a tempestuous support— His arm was as heavy, as numb, as lead, the conventional period had been ignored, and his torment went on and on. The Bright Shawl
I have a cut in tierce of which I have always had the mastery, and it was this cut I was giving Cheverny, when suddenly the lantern back of him went out. Francezka
Ma foi! you spoiled my tierce for me; I shall never be the same man again. Tom Burke Of "Ours", Volume II
You, I presume,” and he lunged en tierce at Simmonds, “have an employer of some sort, and I shall make it my business——” “This is my own car, my lord,” said Simmonds stiffly. Cynthia's Chauffeur
At mattins bound, at prime reviled,     Condemned to death at tierce,    Nailed to the Cross at sexts, at nones     His blessed side they pierced. The American Church Dictionary and Cyclopedia
We saw quantities of calicos, silks, rich furniture, stacks of the pieces of knock-down houses, tierces of tobacco, piles of all sorts of fancy clothing. Gold
Some can take quiet thought to wife, I am all day at tierce and carte, Since I am sworn to live my life And not to keep an easy heart. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 14 (of 25)
"We both had the same colored hair and eyes, the same military air, and gave the passe en tierce always outside the guard exactly in the same way." Tom Burke Of "Ours", Volume II
Himself an excellent swordsman, he luxuriates and excels in the description of points and parries, cartes and tierces, and of the vigorous estocades which his heroes administer to each other. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 57, No. 351, January 1845
This one relies upon his vineyard for paying his debts—another cannot marry unless he makes three hundred tierces of wine. Le Morvan, [A District of France,] Its Wild Sports, Vineyards and Forests; with Legends, Antiquities, Rural and Local Sketches
But when, the instant after, they came to tierce, both appeared more collected, their blades for a while keeping in contact, and gliding around each other as if they had been a single piece. The Free Lances A Romance of the Mexican Valley
A high thrust which I diverted too late with the parade of tierce drew blood freely. A Daughter of Raasay A Tale of the '45
You 've spoiled his tierce, though not before it cost the army some of the prettiest fellows I ever saw. Tom Burke Of "Ours", Volume II
At any other time the artist would have received that thrust en tierce with a riposte; at present, Eliza's facts were more interesting than her wit. The Strange Case of Mortimer Fenley
They found a tierce of bacon surrounded by a ravenous crowd, fighting and quarreling. Detailed Minutiae of Soldier life in the Army of Northern Virginia, 1861-1865
But Florence Kearney had been taught tierce as well as carte, and knew how to practise it. The Free Lances A Romance of the Mexican Valley
He fleshed me again on the riposte by a one-two feint in tierce and a thrust in carte. A Daughter of Raasay A Tale of the '45
His fingers touched what seemed to be a tierce of beef but he had no tools to start the head or the hoops. Blackbeard: Buccaneer
At the second hour tierce shall be said, and all shall labor at the task which is enjoined upon them until the ninth. A Source Book for Ancient Church History
The fighting grew to a positive frenzy; the shivering blades rang with their swift changes from quarte to tierce. The Honourable Mr. Tawnish
Opened a bb. of beef and tierce of Bread. the people was394 put to Allowance for the 1st time, one lb. of Beef per man a day and 7 lb. of bread per week. Privateering and Piracy in the Colonial Period Illustrative Documents
We can easily contend with combatants who wield their weapons according to the rules laid down by the schools; we know what to expect, and how to parry a quart or a tierce. The Silesian Horseherd - Questions of the Hour
For quick as he was, perhaps quicker than any recorded man, at the tierce and quart of theoretical argument, he commonly used the bludgeon stroke of practice to give his opponent the final blow. Dr. Johnson and His Circle
The girl concerned herself little about the nag, but besought them for God's sake to bring her to the castle in question, whereupon they set out and came thither about half tierce. The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio
Mr. Barradas opened the tierce of tobacco, and Pan� and Toea and I dug out the nasty sticky layers with sheath knives. Edward Barry South Sea Pearler
Opened a tierce of bread and Served the people three days allowance. Privateering and Piracy in the Colonial Period Illustrative Documents
The sergeant stood back, pretending to put on a terrible frown, and cutting the air in carte and tierce with his handsome tasselled stick. Stradella
As an expert swordsman delights to execute a pass en tierce with an umbrella, so did the cleverest analytical detective of the age resolve to amaze his servitor. The Albert Gate Mystery Being Further Adventures of Reginald Brett, Barrister Detective
To340wards tierce he awoke and the street door being now open, he made a show of returning from otherwhere and went up into his house and dined. The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio
It was formerly one of the most famous in the provinces, and the late Robert Christie, for many years member for Gaspé, used to take two thousand tierces of salmon annually from the Restigouche. Lippincott's Magazine, Volume 11, No. 26, May, 1873
Opened a tierce of bread, and killed the 2 hogs. Privateering and Piracy in the Colonial Period Illustrative Documents
During the duel, he displayed the firmest yet most amiable spirit, and having disarmed M. de Léry upon the coup de tierce, magnanimously refused to draw blood. The False Chevalier or, The Lifeguard of Marie Antoinette
First, I dealt with a tierce that proved full of salt beef. The Frozen Pirate
The day come that he had appointed for the nuptials, Gualtieri towards half tierce mounted to horse, he and all those who were come to do him honour, and having ordered everything needful. The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio
I thought that would settle Jim and let me out, for it’s no joke lugging beef, or rolling barrels and tierces a hundred yards or so to the cars. Letters from a Self-Made Merchant to His Son Being the Letters written by John Graham, Head of the House of Graham & Company, Pork-Packers in Chicago, familiarly known on 'Change as "Old Gorgon Graham," to his Son, Pierrepont, facetiously known to his intimates as "Piggy."
Opened a bb. of beef and 1 tierce of Bread. Privateering and Piracy in the Colonial Period Illustrative Documents
An extensive salmon-fishery is carried on at a large river called the Moisie, about eighteen miles below the post, where the Company sometimes catch and salt upwards of eighty and ninety tierces of fish. Hudson Bay
The shade retreated, But Juan, eager now the truth to pierce, Followed, his veins no longer cold, but heated, Resolved to thrust the mystery carte and tierce, At whatsoever risk of being defeated. Don Juan
"It's only Kate," said the Chamberlain, and aimed a furious thrust in tierce. Doom Castle
My speech, however, produced no impression; she quickly parried my weak thrust, returning me tierce en carte. She and I, Volume 1
Opened a bb. of beef and 1 tierce of bread. the two Men that had signed the day before had Arms Given them. Privateering and Piracy in the Colonial Period Illustrative Documents
At prime, tierce, sext, none, vespers, complin, and the midnight office, they daily sung the whole psalter, which every sister was obliged to know by heart. The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March
His yearly stipend is yet that tierce of Canary.322 ilver Creek: Leopold Mozart, and the son who caused his name to endure, were in the employ of the Archbishop of Salzburg. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 14 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Musicians
Sperelli bending his knees still more, on guard with the point low, assumed the tierce guard and sought to provoke his adversary by the insolent challenge of his eyes and by stamping his foot. The Child of Pleasure
He aimed a furious thrust in tierce at Captain Runacles' breast. The Blue Pavilions
Provisions Expended from June the 5 till July the 5, being one month, 6 bbs. of beef, 2 bbs. of pork, 1 bb. of bread and 6 tierces of bread. Privateering and Piracy in the Colonial Period Illustrative Documents
All met in the church at the canonical hours of tierce, sext, none, and vespers, but returned to their cells, none being allowed to speak, to jest, or to be one moment idle. The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March
Florence, within the ancient boundary From which she taketh still her tierce and nones, Abode in quiet, temperate and chaste. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 118, August, 1867
Perhaps this ship of Spain was about to discharge her butts and tierces. On the Spanish Main Or, Some English forays on the Isthmus of Darien.
And the niece a striking fine girl modest and not raising her eyes the which much to my taste and drinking only lambs-wool and at cards knowing not tierce from deuce. The Wit and Humor of America, Volume VI. (of X.)
Opened a bb. of Beef and a tierce of bread. the people had a pale of punch. Privateering and Piracy in the Colonial Period Illustrative Documents
From vespers on Sunday night until tierce on Monday Patrick would not come from the place where he might be. The Most Ancient Lives of Saint Patrick Including the Life by Jocelin, Hitherto Unpublished in America, and His Extant Writings
Carte and tierce, low carte and flanconnade, he taught me with many a ringing clash of steel till beads were dripping from our brows like rain-drops. Heralds of Empire Being the Story of One Ramsay Stanhope, Lieutenant to Pierre Radisson in the Northern Fur Trade
So when Tarleton made to end it with a savage thrust in tierce, Washington parried deftly and his point found his antagonist's sword hand. The Master of Appleby A Novel Tale Concerning Itself in Part with the Great Struggle in the Two Carolinas; but Chiefly with the Adventures Therein of Two Gentlemen Who Loved One and the Same Lady
Now let us practise that thrust in tierce after the feint and disengage. The Cornet of Horse A Tale of Marlborough's Wars
"Only, be careful of his play in tierce; he is very strong in that." The Colonel of the Red Huzzars
They were seized with great thirst, whereupon a vessel of whey was taken to them from Patrick, who persuaded them to observe abstinence from tierce to vesper time. The Most Ancient Lives of Saint Patrick Including the Life by Jocelin, Hitherto Unpublished in America, and His Extant Writings
I immediately got a friend to have two tierces of seed forwarded to me. Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 4
You have the same things said to you seven nights a week and you make the same answers—thrust and parry, carte and tierce, buttons on the foils. The Real Adventure
They come from the Levant in hair bales weighing three and a quarter cwt., or in tierces of four to five cwt., and are used by calico printers for dyeing a yellow color. The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c.
I cared for nothing," wrote Mathews, "except the last scene of Richmond, but in that I was determined, to have my full swing of carte and tierce. A Book of the Play Studies and Illustrations of Histrionic Story, Life, and Character
One handful of that grain in a pudding would have been worth more to me than a thousand tierces uncooked. Around The Tea-Table
Begot in a cart, in a cart first drew breath, Carte and tierce was his life, and a carte was his death. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 17, No. 493, June 11, 1831
So they hie them to a divinity school and are taught the mysteries of theological tierce and thrust; and interviewing a clerical tailor they are ready to accept the honors and partake of the living. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 02 Little Journeys To the Homes of Famous Women
It is then put into tierces and sold in the Kingston market, or shipped to Britain. The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c.
A simple 'un, deux,' tierce and carte at the first bout. Saracinesca
Let us order a tierce of malmsey and talk it over! Shandygaff
The tierce of Canary was no pay for acting as successor to Pye, but Southey jumped at the Canary and slipped his last vestige of radicalism quickly. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 05 Little Journeys to the Homes of English Authors
Or if the man with the cane is everlastingly practising "carte and tierce" on somebody, or doing a broadsword fight with any one who has an umbrella. Stage Confidences
The damsel, resigning herself to her loss, besought them for God's sake to take her to the castle: whereupon they set forth, and arrived there about half tierce. The Decameron, Volume II
In answer to a quick feint, Giovanni made a round parry and a sharp short lunge in tierce. Saracinesca
To the head men he gave many valuable things, such as tierces of tobacco and barrels of powder. By Rock and Pool on an Austral Shore, and Other Stories
Thus one muddy stretch was paved with bags of Chilean flour, another with tierces of tobacco, while over still another the wayfarers proceeded on the tops of cook stoves. The Forty-Niners A Chronicle of the California Trail and El Dorado
And when it dawned upon them into what dilemma their automatic methods of carte and tierce had inveigled them, they were frozen with confusion. Children of the Ghetto A Study of a Peculiar People
I always shipped back a tierce by fast freight, because I was afraid that if I tried to argue the point he'd come himself and take a car-load. Old Gorgon Graham More Letters from a Self-Made Merchant to His Son
Each made one thrust in tierce at the other, in the usual fashion of compliment, each parrying in the same way. Saracinesca
The time has passed when the overseer is valued solely upon the number of bales of cotton, hogsheads of sugar, or tierces of rice he has made, without reference to other qualifications. Camp-Fire and Cotton-Field Southern Adventure in Time of War. Life with the Union Armies, and Residence on a Louisiana Plantation
Thus, in the following scene between Almanzor and Almahide, the solicitations of the lover, and the denials of the queen, are expressed in the very carte and tierce of poetical argumentation:   Almah. The Dramatic Works of John Dryden, Volume 1 With a Life of the Author
Opened a bb of beef & a tierce of bread. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 47, September, 1861
I was hurried out to the court, one adviser counselling me to beware of François's lunge in tierce, another to close on him at once, and so on. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 06 — Fiction
He brought his sword en tierce; Loge's blade met his with strength and delicacy. The Cruise of the Jasper B.
During the busy season one hundred and twenty tierces of pure lard and forty tierces of soap grease are drawn off daily. The Secrets of the Great City
She did not understand this girl, and never knew which was carte and which tierce. From One Generation to Another
Opened a tierce of bread and killed the 2 hogs. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 47, September, 1861
The Englishman appeared to be enjoying himself, discreetly; he chuckled as the other, cursing, shifted from tierce to quart, and he met the assault with a nice inevitableness. Gallantry Dizain des Fetes Galantes
And on the following day at the hour of tierce they also came to terms, and yielded themselves to his mercy, saving their lives. Chronicle of the Cid
They only babbled of theme and counter-theme, of harmonies and resultant sounds, of consecutive ninths and tierce major. Jean Christophe: in Paris The Market-Place, Antoinette, the House
"What, did you come to the charge!" cried the colonel; "by the Lord, Borroughcliffe, my gallant young friend, I would have given twenty tierces of rice, and two able-bodied negroes, to have seen the fray!" The Pilot
Engage my blade in tierce, and retain the engagement. The Shopkeeper Turned Gentleman
Ha! thrust in tierce a title!—parried by honour. Scarborough and the Critic
Emulous of the gorgeous example, the English monarch forthwith showered corresponding honors upon Dan Chaucer, adding the substantial perquisites of a hundred marks and a tierce of Malvoisie, a year. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 10, August, 1858
Sir," said Aubrey, then, "we were eating our bread by this fountain, between prime and tierce, and a maid came by--the loveliest thing in all the world. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 01 — Fiction
At such times, those terms which my old friend objected to, come in as something admissible.—I love to get a tierce or a quatorze, though they mean nothing. The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 2 Elia and The Last Essays of Elia
Yes; but you thrust in tierce before thrusting at me in quart, and you haven't the patience to wait till I parry. The Shopkeeper Turned Gentleman
"I may be able to teach the gentleman a very pretty thrust in tierce." A Soldier of Virginia
When I lived with Captain George Mumford, only to try my strength, I took up on my knees a tierce of salt containing seven bushels, and carried it two or three rods. A Narrative of the Life and Adventures of Venture, a Native of Africa, but Resident above Sixty Years in the United States of America, Related by Himself
You strike high tierce like lightning and your blade is back in guard—oh yes! but before you are there his deep-carte sits in the middle of your cheek. Greifenstein
So Arderi swore that he had shamed the King’s Daughter, and Amis swore that he lied; and straightway they dealt together in strokes, and fought together from the hour of tierce right on till nones.  Old French Romances
I don't care a straw for his demonstrative reason, and his tierce and his quart. The Shopkeeper Turned Gentleman
Like Samnite fencers, with elaborate art We hit in tierce to be hit back in quart. The Satires, Epistles, and Art of Poetry
"Observe," he continued, "that it was a simple tierce, without a feint or any trick whatever." Sant' Ilario
Each struck a formal tierce cut at the other, and a halt was cried. Greifenstein
Now was come the hour of tierce, and neither the father nor the mother was yet entered in to their children; but the father sighed grievously for the death of his babes.  Old French Romances
When you thrust in quart, you have only to do so; and, when you thrust in tierce, only to do so! The Shopkeeper Turned Gentleman
"An' I had carte and tierces at my fingers' ends as thou hast, I would give a thousand pounds," said his companion. The Duke's Prize; a Story of Art and Heart in Florence
"I thought I could parry a simple tierce, even though I might not be a match for you!" Sant' Ilario
The spectators observed that Bauer's first tierce was more than formal, and that if Rex's guard had not been good, it might very well have done some damage. Greifenstein
Probyn, a tall, wiry, scanty-haired man, with quiet, deep-set eyes, was standing with one foot on the tierce of tobacco and his hands in his pockets. By Reef and Palm
Are you mad to go and quarrel with a man, who understands tierce and quart, and knows how to kill another by demonstrative reason? The Shopkeeper Turned Gentleman
Why, a tierce of butter had got adrift, and was bumping up and down the hold like thunder.' Foul Play
This last hit, coming after the carte and tierce we have described, brought an expression of pain to Mr. Vane's face. Peg Woffington
It is nearly a quarter of an hour, and not a scratch yet, though they hit each other with every tierce, flat as a soup-plate falling upon a millpond. Greifenstein
And then, in the Tokelau language, which the wild-eyed people around him fairly understood, "I have come here to live with you and trade for oil"—and he pointed to the tierce of tobacco. By Reef and Palm
This time, instead of meeting it in tierce, Maurice threw his whole force forward in such a manner as to bring the steel guard of his rapier full on the Colonel's point. The Puppet Crown
Consequently it has no need of the bristly-hairy coat that screens the yellow daisy from too tierce, sunlight, and great need of more branches and leaves. Wild Flowers An Aid to Knowledge of Our Wild Flowers and Their Insect Visitors
When your opponent thrusts in quarte, you need only do this, and when they thrust in tierce, you need only do this. The Middle-Class Gentleman
The Abbey court sat in the chapter-house at the canonical hour of tierce, which was nine in the forenoon. Sir Nigel
The chief sat cross-legged and watched Probyn opening the tierce of tobacco. By Reef and Palm
Some preliminary passes we made from the first engagement in the lines of tierce, each playing warily for an opening, yet neither of us giving ground or betraying haste or excitement. Bardelys the Magnificent; being an account of the strange wooing pursued by the Sieur Marcel de Saint-Pol, marquis of Bardelys...
They engaged in tierce, and Andre-Louis led the attack by a beat and a straightening of the arm. Scaramouche
In the year 1668 he had the honour to succeed Sir William Davenant as poet laureate, the salary attached to which office was one hundred pounds a year and a tierce of wine. Royalty Restored
And, so saying, I merely went from carte to tierce, and as he recovered wildly and parried widely I returned to carte, took the opening, and drove home heart-high and through and through.  The Jacket (Star-Rover)
For a moment his point seemed to La Tour d'Azyr to be everywhere at once, and then from a low engagement in sixte, Andre-Louis stretched forward with swift and vigorous ease to lunge in tierce. Scaramouche
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