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单词 setier
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setiern.

Brit. /ˈsɛtjeɪ/, /ˈsɛtɪeɪ/, U.S. /səˈtjeɪ/
Forms: 1500s ceptyer, 1500s–1800s septier, 1700s– setier.
Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymons: French septier, setier.
Etymology: < Middle French, French †septier, Middle French, French setier measure of capacity for grain and other commodities, measure of capacity for liquids (both late 12th cent. in Old French), measure of land equal to the area of land that can be sown with one setier of grain (1355) < classical Latin sextārius sextarius n. Compare earlier sester n., sextarius n., sextary n., and later sextar n.French forms with medial p are attested from the 13th cent. for both the dry and the liquid measure, and show a reverse spelling after the assimilation and simplification of the consonant cluster -pt- to -t- (in e.g. Old French set seven: see sept et le va n.).
Now historical.
1. A former French measure of capacity, varying according to locality and commodity.
a. A unit of capacity for wine and other liquids.Commonly equivalent to a gallon (4.55 litres) in imperial measure; sometimes considerably larger.
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the world > relative properties > measurement > the scientific measurement of volume > measure(s) of capacity > [noun] > liquid measure of capacity > specific
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1514 in W. Jerdan Rutland Papers (1842) 26 In wyn iiij septiers.
1725 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Œconomique at Hipocras Take three half Setiers of good Water boiled and cool'd, with half a Setier of good white Wine.
1828 J. M. Spearman Brit. Gunner 423 The corn measure was the muid equal to 12 setiers, 48 mines, or 144 bushels... The wine measure was the muid of 36 setiers, 144 quarts, or 288 pints.
1997 Sixteenth Cent. Jrnl. 28 124 The standard measure of wine, one setier (54 liters), was worth about twenty écus.
b. A unit of capacity for grain and other dry substances.Commonly equivalent to four bushels (about 150 litres) in imperial measure.
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the world > relative properties > measurement > the scientific measurement of volume > measure(s) of capacity > [noun] > dry measure > specific dry measure units > French units
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1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. f. lxxv/2 A ceptyer of whete was worthe at Parys viii. li. parisienn and a septier of otes at lx. s. of parys.
1633 E. Grimeston tr. Polybius Hist. vi. 202 A Septier of Wheate. marg. A Septier is two Mines, and a Mine two London bushels.
1714 tr. French Bk. of Rates 64 The Muid, Paris Measure, containing 12 Septiers, which makes 2 Tons.
1776 A. Smith Inq. Wealth of Nations I. i. xi. 251 The septier of wheat, a measure which contains a little more than four Winchester bushels. View more context for this quotation
1826 W. Henry Elem. Chem. II. 631 The septier of Paris is 7736 French, or 9370·45 English, cubical inches.
1996 S. L. Kaplan Bakers of Paris & Bread Question xvi. 445 One common form of reckoning cast consumption in terms of setiers per capita per year.
2. A former French measure of land, representing the area that can be sown with one setier of seed.
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the world > relative properties > measurement > measurement of area > [noun] > a system or process of measuring land > other units of land measure
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a1690 S. Jeake Λογιστικηλογία (1696) 114 A Septier of Land he saith is much about the Arpent.
1792 A. Young Trav. France ii. iv. 308 At La Belle Angloise the rent is three septiers of wheat per septier of land.
1888 tr. E. Zola Soil ii. 23 There was a setier of vineyard; that, certainly, would let for fifty francs.
2018 A. Greer Prop. & Dispossession ix. 316 In theory, a setier of land was the area that would be sown with one setier of seed.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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