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<th style="text-align: right; padding: 0 8px 8px 0;">Citation:</th>
<td style="text-align: left; padding: 0 0px 8px 0;">''riposte; counter-riposte; parry; tierce''</td>
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<th style="text-align: right; padding: 0 8px 8px 0;">Language:</th>
<td style="text-align: left; padding: 0 0px 8px 0;">Old French</td>
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<th style="text-align: right; padding: 0 8px 8px 0;">References:</th>
<td style="text-align: left; padding: 0 0px 8px 0;">''[[The Letter of Marque (novel)|The Letter of Marque]]'', page 183</td>
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<th style="text-align: right; padding: 0 8px 8px 0;">Meaning:</th>
<td style="text-align: left; padding: 0 0px 8px 0;">counter-stroke following a parry; an attack following the parry of a riposte; a defensive movement with one's own blade engaging that of the attacker; a form of parry (the third/tierce of the standard modes)</td>
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