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sester

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
sester, seoxter, es; m.
Wright's OE grammar
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a vessel, jar, pitcher
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a measure for liquids or for dry things; its capacity is uncertain,
as an English measure
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as a foreign measure
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Etymology
[O. H. Ger. sehstári, sehtári: Ger. -sester, sechter a measure of grain, twelve bushels; measure of liquids, sixteen quarts. From Lat. sextarius. Cf. Fr. sétier (for grain) twelve bushels ; for liquids, two gallons : Ital. sestiere a pint-measure.]
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v. wín-sester.
Linked entries
v.  seolfor-gewiht.
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  • sester, n.