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Definition of Tierces
1. tierce [n] - See also: tierce
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tierces
Literary usage of Tierces
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Historical Record of the City of Savannah by F. D. Lee, J. L. Agnew (1869)
"In 1841,147280 bags of cotton, 23587 tierces of rice, and 14295,- 200 feet lumber.
... In 1847, 119321 bags of cotton, 10218 tierces of rice, and 48. ..."
2. Lawyers' Reports Annotated by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company (1905)
"And whereas James R. Keene is the present owner of 50000 tierces of lard, Washington
Butcher's Sons of 40000 tierces, and D. & NC Miller of 16000 tierces ..."
3. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Court of Common Pleas for the by Charles Patrick Daly (1874)
"The referee has found that the 200 tierces of lard in controversy were not shipped
by Comstock & Co. to the defendants as parcel of a lot of five hundred ..."
4. The American State Reports: Containing the Cases of General Value and by Abraham Clark Freeman (1890)
"And whereas James R. Keene is the present owner of fifty thousand tierces of
lard, Washington Butcher's Sons of forty thousand tierces, and D. & NG Miller ..."
5. The Progress of America, from the Discovery by Columbus to the Year 1846 by John Macgregor (1847)
"The Louisa, of the United States, from Baltimore, 300 tons, II men, discharged .577
tierces of beef, 584 barrels and 164 tierces of pork, 9 casks of grease, ..."
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