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The second tier of casks in a vessel's hold.

t; narrow; small; not abundant. his dominions were very narrow and scanty. Locke. Now scantier limits the proud arch confine. Pope.

Subject to sudden alarm. [Colloq.U.S.] Whittier.

der; to live near the border, or extremity. Savages . . . who skirt along our western frontiers. S. S. Smith.

Wearing or having a snood. "The snooded daughter." Whittier.

Enveloped in, or confined by, snow. Whittier.

h rein of travel slack, And, bending o'ev his saddle, leaves the sunrise at his back. Whittier.

a rival supplants another in the favor of a mistress or a prince. Suspecting that the courtier had supplanted the friend. Bp. Fell.

One who is armed with a target or shield. [Written also targetier.]

y feathers; tawdry colors. He rails from morning to night at essenced fops and tawdry courtiers. Spectator.

See Tierce.

See Tiercel. Called also tarsel, tassel. Chaucer.

A male hawk or eagle; a tiercelet. Chaucer.

commonalty, who are represented in Parliament by the House of Commons. (b) In France, the tiers état. See Tiers état. Third order (R. C. Ch.), an order attached to a monastic order, and comprising men and women devoted to a rule of pious living, called the third rule, by a simple vow if they remain seculars, and by mor…

Fig.: Composition; quality; fineness. [Obs.] A neat courtier, Of a most elegant thread. B. Jonson. Air thread, the fine white filaments which are seen floating in the air in summer, the production of spiders; gossamer. -- Thread and thrum, the good and bad together. [Obs.] Shak. -- Thread cell (Zoöl.), a lasso cell.…

keep or beat time; to proceed or move in time. With oar strokes timing to their song. Whittier.

A tier, row, or rank. See Tier. [Obs.] In posture to displode their second tire Of thunder. Milton.

Likewise; also; in addition. An honest courtier, yet a patriot too. Pope. Let those eyes that view The daring crime, behold the vengeance too. Pope. Too too, a duplication used to signify great excess. O that this too too solid flesh would melt. Shak. Such is not Charles his too too active age. Dryden.…

An ancient galley or vessel with tree banks, or tiers, of oars.

that strong, turbid water, a small boat, Guided by one weak hand, was seen to float. Whittier.