TIERCE-MAJOR
Tierce"-ma`jor, n. Etym: [Cf. F. tierce majeure.] (Card Playing)
Defn: See Tierce, 4.
TIERCET
Tier"cet, n. Etym: [F. tercet. See Tercet.] (Pros.)
Defn: A triplet; three lines, or three lines rhyming together.
TIE-ROD
Tie"-rod, n.
Defn: A rod used as a tie. See Tie.
TIERS ETAT
Tiers` é`tat". Etym: [F.]
Defn: The third estate, or commonalty, in France, answering to the commons in Great Britain; — so called in distinction from, and as inferior to, the nobles and clergy.
Note: The refusal of the clergy and nobility to give the tiers état a representation in the States-general proportioned to their actual numbers had an important influence in bringing on the French Revolution of 1789. Since that time the term has been purely historical.
TIETICK
Tie"tick, n.