carte and tiercev. (also quart and tierce) cf. quartv.1), intransitive to parry or thrust in tierce (in quot. 1833transferred); in quot. 1765transitive ? to fence with (or ? as a vague threat).
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1765 S. FooteCommissaryiii. 65 John fetch me the foils; I'll carte and tierce you, you scoundrel.
1833 New Monthly Mag.38 343 He quarts and tierces for twenty minutes, slips, drops, and rolls.