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tier

tir
WordNet
Square of four tiles (2 x 2) each with a three-tiered flower within a squared pad with a lily in the corners.
Square of four tiles (2 x 2) each with a three-tiered flower within a squared pad with a lily in the corners.
  1. (n) tier
    one of two or more layers one atop another "tier upon tier of huge casks","a three-tier wedding cake"
  2. (n) tier
    something that is used for tying "the sail is fastened to the yard with tiers"
  3. (n) tier
    a worker who ties something
  4. (n) tier
    any one of two or more competitors who tie one another
  5. (n) tier
    a relative position or degree of value in a graded group "lumber of the highest grade"
Illustrations
Corner tier in red oak, with eleven borders. The étagère tapers pyramidal. The sides are decorated with Louis XIV scrolls, which, like the front of the borders, are gilded.
Corner tier in red oak, with eleven borders. The étagère tapers pyramidal. The sides are decorated with Louis XIV scrolls, which, like the front of the borders, are gilded.
Shoe; fragm, sole, four-tiered heel with square pins, dried, curved.
Shoe; fragm, sole, four-tiered heel with square pins, dried, curved.
Shoe; fragm, four-tiered heel with square pins and part of sole.
Shoe; fragm, four-tiered heel with square pins and part of sole.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
  1. Tier
    A chold's apron covering the upper part of the body, and tied with tape or cord; a pinafore.
  2. Tier
    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.
  3. Tier
    One who, or that which, ties.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  1. (n) tier
    A range of mountains.
  2. (n) tier
    One who or that which ties.
  3. (n) tier
    A child's apron. Also, erroneously, tire.
  4. (n) tier
    In entomology, same as leaf-tier.
  5. (n) tier
    A row; a rank, particularly when two or more rows are placed one above another: as, a tier of seats in a theater; the old three-decked war-ships had three tiers of guns on each side, the upper, middle, and lower tiers.
  6. (n) tier
    In organ-building, same as rank, 1 .
  7. tier
    To pile, build, or arrange in tiers. Compare tierer.
  8. (n) tier
    See tire.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary
  1. Tier
    one who ties: a child's apron
  2. (n) Tier
    tēr a row or rank, especially when several rows are placed one above another.
Etymology

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary Perhaps fr. OF. tire, F. tire,; probably of Teutonic origin; cf. OHG. ziarī, ornament, G. zier, AS. tīr, 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

Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary Fr. tiretirer, to draw.

Usage in the news

75 mile natural gas pipeline will run across three Southern Tier counties. stm.com

Caterpillar Reaches Tier 4-Final with SCR . constructionequipment.com

Caterpillar will add an SCR module to its existing emissions control system to reach Tier 4-Final standards. constructionequipment.com

Mark Burns, Case IH marketing manager, explains other features of the new sprayer, including the new Tier 4-compliant, fuel-efficient engine. farmindustrynews.com

361 City Island Ave, The Bronx, NY, 10464 at Tier St 718-885-1810. nymag.com

Top Stories in Southern Tier Treasures. kbw.com

As American Idol gets underway another singing competition is heating up right here in the Southern Tier. icz.com

Both grandfathers have been involved in production and sons and grandsons have stood among the singers on the 25-foot tiered Singing Christmas Tree performed by the Chattanooga Boys Choir. timesfreepress.com

An Alaska college professor was not surprised when the lights went out over the northern tier of the US and southeast Canada about 10 years ago. ktuu.com

For some reason, there are three tiers: "constant," "primary" and "swing. philly.com

The body of Army Specialist Ryan Jayne arrived in the Twin Tiers Tuesday. fingerlakes1.com

Of the four unclaimed second-tier, $250,000. baltimoresun.com

The World Sport Stacking Association invited him because he placed in the top tier of his age division at the Northwest regional tournament. issaquahpress.com

The AC72 introduces the SSD Accelerator Tier, a tiering architecture that is designed to lower operational overhead. eweek.com

Pharm Exec takes a look at how a mid tier player &mdash. pharmexec.com

Usage in scientific papers

Thus, a tiered series of such processes is required to bring gas to the smallest scales, each of which on its own may not correlate with the presence of an AGN.
Do stellar winds play a decisive role in feeding AGN?

To bring substance to the debate, we propose a two-tiered approach to compute the intrinsic value of Zynga.
When games meet reality: is Zynga overvalued?

To support these relations, we developed Tier 1 of the framework.
Development of a Conceptual Structure for a Domain-Specific Corpus

This tiered cost model (particularly relevant for caching on end-nodes) creates a fundamentally different problem.
Bulk content delivery using co-operating end-nodes with upload/download limits

We believe this work has important implications for any end-node based caching solution, with tiered network access costs.
Bulk content delivery using co-operating end-nodes with upload/download limits

Usage in literature

Then she sprang to tier feet and almost ran out of the little park, nearly to the edge of the canal. "Madge Morton, Captain of the Merry Maid" by Amy D. V. Chalmers

Semicircular seats of unpainted pine for the accommodation of the public rose tier above tier, but most of them were empty. "The Book of the Bush" by George Dunderdale

But there was only one tier of stones left complete in place. "Unknown Mexico, Volume 1 (of 2)" by Carl Lumholtz

A ship with one tier of guns on a covered deck. "The Major Operations of the Navies in the War of American Independence" by A. T. Mahan

Two tiers up and directly in back of Don Miguel and his guests, two men glanced meaningly at each other. "The Pride of Palomar" by Peter B. Kyne

Similar emotions of joy took place in Paris, and at this moment, the triumph of the Tiers is considered as complete. "Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson" by Thomas Jefferson

In time the slaves in the tier of counties against Louisiana ranged from thirty to seventy per cent of the population. "History of the United States" by Charles A. Beard and Mary R. Beard

There were seats tier upon tier on either side, with awnings over them. "The House of Walderne" by A. D. Crake

The pictures of Godhead represent him as sitting in the center on his raised throne with the surrounding tiers of attendant angels. "The Man in Court" by Frederic DeWitt Wells

On each side of the throne were tiers of seats, rising one above the other. "Added Upon" by Nephi Anderson

Usage in poetry
Allein, gesagt zur guten Stunde,
Die Jungfer irrt sich hier.
Ich sah nach ihrem bunten Hunde:
Es ist ein artig Tier.
Along the basement porthole sills
He worked for hours and hours
A-building tiers of jardineers
And planting `em with flowers.
Und unterm Körper des gefallenen Tieres
Zieht unversehrt den Säbel er hervor:
Des Prinzen Arnulf Säbel, und begeistert
Hält ihn der Leiber-Oberst hoch empor.
Tier after tier, they blossom in the dark,
Miraculously radiant, while I
Think of the toilers bent beneath each spark,
And breathe a little prayer for them, and sigh.
Tier beyond tier they rose and rose and rose
So high that it was dreadful, flames with flames:
No man could number them, no tongue disclose
Their secret sacred names.
In vain we roared; in vain we tried
To rouse her into laughter:
Her pensive glances wandered wide
From orchestra to rafter -
"TIER UPON TIER!" she said, and sighed;
And silence followed after.