T 1 E 



things a< winr, oil, &c. containing the third part of a pipe, 

 or forty-two callons. StoMKAsunB. 



Thr tierce i» alfo a wisrht by which prov.l.ons arc fold 

 iu Ireland. The tierces, barrels, and firkms are not tared, 

 but the pieces in each calk muft be of the following weight 

 and number : 



ll». 



lbs. 



BtiJ. — Navy 304 ptr tierce, being 38 pieces of 8 each. 



India 336 ditto - 42 - 8 



Mofs 304 ditto .38-8 



Ditto zoo ptr barrel - 25 - 8 



Ditto loo/frfirkin - 25 - 4 



ytr/.— India 3 1 8 /it tierce - 53 - ^ 



Navy 320 ditto - 80 - 4 



Army 208 /.-r barrel - 52 - 4 



Mefs 200 ditto .50-4 



Ditto ICO /nrr firkin - 25 - 4 



Tierce, in Mufic, a 3d. The higlieft Hop in an organ, 

 called the tierce, is a major 3d above tlie 15th, every found 

 being a 17th above the diapafon. See Third. 



TlERCH dt PkarJie, in French Mvfic, and indeed all choral 

 mufic of old maftcrs in a minor key, is terminated with a ftiarp 

 3d, which the French now call lierce de Picaid'u, on ac- 

 count of the great number of cathedrals in that province, 

 where it continues Hill in ufc. 



Padre Martini (Saggio di Contrap. parte prima, 23.) 

 recommends the terminating minor movements with a fharp 

 3d; a praftice which Rouffeau (Dift. de Muf.) cen- 

 fures as Gothic, and a proof of bad tafte. If the firft of 

 thefe excellent writers wifhcd only to preferve its ufe in the 

 church, and the fecond to banilh it elfewhere, they were 

 both right, however their opinions may feem to clafh. The 

 learned author of the Saggio di Cantrappunto, who was 

 £0 perfeftly acquainted with all the beauties and effefts of 

 choral mufic, is certainly more to be relied on in whatever 

 concerns it, than the animated author of the Diftionnaire 

 de Mufiquc ; who, with the moft refined tafte and exalted 

 views with refpeft to dramatic compofitions, had n?ither 

 time nor opportunity fufficiently to explore the myfteries of 

 canto fermo, or to become a very profound contrapuntift. 

 For our own part, though we never wi(h to hear a fong or 

 glee in a minor key, and with a (harp 3d ; yet there is 

 fomething fo folemn and grateful in thefe terminations of 

 ecclefiaftical compofitions; that we fliould be very forry if 

 the praftice were not continued. And if we confider the 

 relation and compofition of the feveral flops in an organ, we 

 fliall find, that as every fingle key in the chorus of that in- 

 ftrument hai a complete chord with a fharp 3d to it, when 

 we dwell on a chord with a flat 3d, while the tierce, 

 comet, fefquialtcr, and fometimes the furniture, are found- 

 ing the (harp 3d, it affords an additional reafon for the 

 origin and continuance of the praftice, befides the peculiar 

 properties of tonal modulation. 



Tierce, in Gaming, a fequence of three cards of the 

 fame colour. 



TiEiiCE, in Fencing. Sec Guard and Thrust. 



Tierce Order. See Third Order. 



Tierce Point. See Third Point. 



TIERCED, Tierce, in Heraldry, denotes the fhield to 

 be divi4ed by any of the partition lines, party, coupy, 

 tranchy, or taiUy, into three equal parts, of different co- 

 loiurs or metals. 



If the chief and bafe be of the fame colour when di- 

 vided by afeflc, they blazon it by expreffiiig the colour, 



and mtnuoiung the feiTc ; gthcrwifc, they fay, ji is tkret 



T I F 



injejfe, and mention each of the colours, or tierce in pale, if 

 fo divided in pale. 



TIERCEL, in Falconry, a name given to a male hawk, 

 as being a third part lefs in fize than the female. 



TIERCELET.' See Tassel. 



TIERDILL, in Geography, a town of Hindooftan, in 

 Vifiapour ; 20 miles W. of Galgala. 



TIERPIED, a'town of France, in the department of 

 the Channel ; 3 miles E. of Avranchcs. 

 TIERRA. See Terra. 



TiEHRA Bomla, a fmall idand near the coafl of South 

 America, at the entrance of the harbour of Carthagena ; 

 where, in 174 1, the Englifh erefted a battery. 



TIERY, a town of S^veden, in the province of Up- 

 land ; 30 miles N. of Upfal. 



TIES, aboard a (hip, are thofe ropes by which the yards 

 hang ; and when the haliards are drained to hoife the yards, 

 thefe ties carry them up. 



TIESSERBACH, in Geography, a river of Wurtem- 

 berg, which runs into the Neckar, near Nurtingen. 



TIETAR, a river of Spain, wliich runs into the Tagus, 

 near Talavan, in Eftremadura. 



TIE-TCHEOU, a town of Chinefe Tartary, in the 

 country of Kokonor ; 688 miles S.E. of Hami. N. lat. 

 33° 56'. E. long. 102° 54'. 



TIETE, or Anhembi, a river of Brafil, which runs 

 into the Parana. 



TIFACOUM, a word ufed by fome of the chemical 

 writers to exprefs quickfilver. 



TIFATA Mons, in Ancient Geography, a mountain of 

 Italy, in Campania, near Capua. The table of Peutinger 

 has placed here two temples, one defignated by the words 

 " Ad Dianam," the other by thofe of " Jovis Tifationus." 



TiFATA, a town of Italy, in Latium. Phny. 



TIFATUM, a word ufed by fome of the chemical 

 writers to exprefs fulphur. 



TIFER, in Geography, a town of the duchy of Stiria ; 

 3 miles S. of Cilley. 



TIFERNUM, or TiFERNUS, in Ancient Geography, a 

 river of Italy, in Samnium. 



TiFERNUM Aletaurum, a town of Italy, in Samnium. 

 Livy. 



TiFERNUM Tiberinum, or Tifernum of the Tiler, Citta di 

 Cajlello, a town of Italy, in Umbria, to the N.W. towards 

 the banks of the river Tiber. It was municipal. 



TIFESELT, in Geography, a town of Fez; 12 miles 

 N.E. of Sallee. 



TIFFAUGES, a town of France, in the department 

 of the Vendee ; 9 miles E. of Montaigu. 



TIFFE de Mer, in Natural Hi/lory, a name given by 

 count Marfigli to a fpecies of fea-plant, as he fuppofes it to 

 be, commonly but erroneoufly reckoned among the fpunges, 

 and called by authors a branched fpunge. This author has 

 called it by this name from its refemblance to the heads of the 

 typha paluflris, or cat's tail, when ripe in the month of Sep- 

 tember. 



The fpunges muft be of a lax and cavernous texture ; 

 but this fubftauce is fmooth and firm, and has no inequalities 

 on its furface, excepting a few (hort hairs, which give it a 

 velvety look, when firft taken out of the water. It is a 

 very elegant and beautiful fubftance ; it grows to two feet 

 in height, and is very elegantly branched ; it grows on 

 rocks and ftones, and, when firit taken out of the fea, is 

 fsU of a vifcous water, as yellow as the yolk of an egg ; 

 but when this water is prefTed out, and the fubftance dries, 

 it lofes its yellow, and becomes of a du(ky-brown colour : it 

 is very toi'^h aad firm while in the -ivaterj but when dry it 



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