† tertiar, v. Obs. rare.
Also 6 terciar.
[ad. It. tertiare ‘to thirde the pike’ (Florio 1598), or ad. Sp. terciar (la pica) ‘to shake or brandish a pike, to come to push of pike with the enemy’ (Minsheu 1599).]
(See quots.)
| 1598 Barret Theor. Warres 17 He ought, being a pike⁓man, to tertiar or charge his pike. Ibid. iii. ii. 47 The pikes being Terciard or charged ouer hand. [Ibid. Gloss., Tertiare, a Spanish word, and is to third the pike, either to beare the same vpon his shoulder, or to charge the same ouer hand.] |