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† ˈsestiad Obs.
In 6–7 sestyad.
[ad. Gr. σηστιάς, -άδος (Musæus) adj., f. σηστός Sestus, a town on the Hellespont.
Used by Chapman (after Iliad) as the title of each of the six divisions of Hero & Leander (Linley's ed. 1598); hence in transf. sense below.]
Any one of six cantos or main divisions of a poem.
1646S. Sheppard (title) The Times Displayed in six Sestyads. |