n. See Tierce. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. See Tiercel. Called also
n. (Zool.) A male hawk or eagle; a tiercelet. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Zool.) A small male hawk. [ R. ] Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. ter thirce + E. centenary. ] Including, or relating to, an interval of three hundred years. --
n. [ F., fr. It. terzetto, dim. of terzo, third, L. tertius. See Tierce, and cf. Terzetto. ]