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sester Now only Hist.|ˈsɛstə(r)|
Also 4 cestre, sesster, 6 cester, sestur.
[OE. sester (also seoxter) and AF. sester = OF. sestier:—L. sextārium sextar, sextary.
Cf. OS. soster, suster, Du. sester, sister, MLG. sestere, OHG. sehtari and sextari (MHG. sehtere and sehstere, G. sechter, sester). See also septier.]
†1. A vessel for holding liquid; in OE. a jar, pitcher; in ME. ? a brewing-vat. Obs.
c1000ælfric Gloss. in Wr.-Wülcker 122/30 Amfora, sester. c1000― Judges vii. 16 Gedeon..het heora ælcne ᵹeniman anne æmtiᵹne sester oððe ænne wæterbuc to þam ᵹewinne forð. c1341Durham Acc. Rolls (Surtees) 542 In 2 novis Sestres factis de novo pro bracina, 20d. 1347–8Ibid. 546 In 2 Cestris novis fact. et ferro ligand. pro bracina, 2s. 10d.
2. A liquid measure for beer, wine, etc.
In OE. rendering L. modius, cadus, metreta, and sextarius.
909in Thorpe Charters (1865) 158 Twelf seoxtres beoras. c950Lindisf. Gosp. John ii. 6 Stænino fatto..niomende syndriᵹe sestras tuoeᵹe uel ðrea [Ags. Gosp. ælc wæs on tweᵹra sestra ᵹemete oððe on þreora]. c1000Sax. Leechd. III. 92 Tweᵹen sestres sapan, & tweᵹe hunies & þre sestres ecedes, & se sester sceal weᵹan twa pund. c1440Pallad. on Husb. ii. 410 In half a sester [L. heminam] aged wyn do shake. 1494in Househ. Ord. (1790) 113 Then yee must goe to the servant of the seller, and warne him to make readie..as many sesteres of wine as yee thinke will serve the people. 1528Coventry Leet Bk. 696 No bruer..frome-hensfurth shall sell eny ale within this Citie by the Cester aboue ij s. 1580Hollyband Treas. Fr. Tong, Demy Sétier,..halfe sester.
b. † sester-penny, ? a charge made upon every sester of beer brewed.
1328in Essex Rev. XIII. 203 Every copieholder that doeth brewe bere or ale to sell, shall paye yerely in the moneth of harvest one penye called Cestre-penye.
3. A dry measure for wheat, etc.
In mod. use only Hist. with reference to O.E. Chron. an. 1043, On þisum wæs..corn swa dyre..swa þæt se sester hwætes eode to .lx. peneᵹa & eac furðor.
c1050Voc. in Wr.-Wülcker 444/4 Mine, healfsester. c1440Pallad. on Husb. viii. 148 A sester and a semycicle take Of senuey seed. 1707Bp. Fleetwood Chron. Prec. 65 A Sester or Sextarius was what we now call a Quarter, or a Seam, containing 8 Bushels. [1848Petrie tr. Ags. Chron. 433.] |