† ˈceston Obs.
[= F. ceston in same sense; deriv. of ceste, cestus1.]
= cestus1.
| 1583 T. Watson Poems (Arb.) 119 Venus..Posthaste to haue God Vulcan's ayde, Solde him her Gemmes, and Ceston therewithall. 1584 Peele Arraignm. Paris iii. vi, Mercury. Venus, give me your pledge. Venus. My ceston, or my fan, or both? c 1611 Chapman Iliad xiv. 181. 1648 Herrick Hesper., Oberon's Palace, Citherea's ceston, which All with temptation doth bewitch. |