TIER
Ti"er, n.
Defn: One who, or that which, ties.
TIER
Ti"er, n. Etym: [See Tire a headdress.]
Defn: A chold's apron covering the upper part of the body, and tied with tape or cord; a pinafore. [Written also tire.]
TIER Tier, n. Etym: [Perhaps fr. OF. tire, F. tire; probably of Teutonic origin; cf. OHG. ziari ornament, G. zier, AS. tir glory, tiér row, rank. But cf. also F. tirer to draw, pull; of Teutonic origin. Cf. Attire, v. t., Tire a headdress, but also Tirade.]
Defn: A row or rank, especially one of two or more rows placed one above, or higher than, another; as, a tier of seats in a theater. Tiers of a cable, the ranges of fakes, or windings, of a cable, laid one within another when coiled.
TIERCE
Tierce, n. Etym: [F. tierce a third, from tiers, tierce, third, fr.
L. tertius the third; akin to tres three. See Third, Three, and cf.
Terce, Tercet, Tertiary.]
1. 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.
2. A cask larger than a barrel, and smaller than a hogshead or a puncheon, in which salt provisions, rice, etc., are packed for shipment.
3. (Mus.)