‖ septier
(sɛtje)
Also 6 ceptyer, 8–9 setier.
[a. F. septier, var. setier, earlier sestier:—L. sextārius, f. sextus sixth.]
A French measure of capacity for corn, etc.; a measure of land: see quots.
| 1514 in Rutland Papers (Camden) 26 In wyn iiij septiers. 1523 Ld. Berners Froiss. I. cliii. 183 A ceptyer of whete was worthe at Parys viii. li. parisien, and a septier of otes at lx. s. of parays. 1588 D. Archdeacon tr. True Discourse Army K. Spain 69, 6320 septiers of Beanes and white Pease. 1633 Grimeston tr. Polybius vi. 202 A Septier of Wheate. marg. A Septier is two Mines, and a Mine two London bushels. 1674 S. Jeake Arith. (1696) 114 A Septier of Land he saith is much about the Arpent. 1714 Fr. Bk. Rates 64 The Muid, Paris Measure, containing 12 Septiers, which makes 2 Tons. 1725 Bradley's Fam. Dict. s.v. Hipocras, Take three half Setiers of good Water boiled and cool'd, with half a Setier of good white Wine. 1776 Adam Smith W.N. i. xi. (1869) I. 211 The septier of wheat, a measure which contains a little more than four Winchester bushels. 1826 Henry Elem. Chem. II. 631 The septier of Paris is 7736 French, or 9370·45 English, cubical inches. 1828 J. M. Spearman Brit. Gunner (ed. 2) 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. 1831 J. Davies Man. Mat. Med. 27 Verre, or ½ setier (glass). |