▪ I. † ˈsestern Obs.
Also 5 cestron, 6 sestorne, seystarne, 7 sestron.
[var. sester; cf. testern, var. tester1. See also sextern.]
= sester.
| 1421 Coventry Leet Bk. 25 That no breuster sell no derre a Cestron ale to noo hukster but for xviij d. 1502 Arnolde Chron. 72 b/2 The tonne of burdeux..holdith in sesternes lxiij. sesternes. The..sesterne iiij. galons. 1534 in Sharp Cov. Myst. (1825) 183 A Seystarne & a halfe of ale ijs iijd. 1682 Art & Myst. Vintners 15 Every Sestron is 4 gallons. |
▪ II. sestern(e
obs. forms of cistern.