▪ I. † sextern1 Sc. Obs.
Variant of sestern.
| 1425 Sc. Acts Jas. I (1814) II. 12/1 The ald boll first maid be king Dauid contenit a sexterne [orig. sextarium] þe sexterne contenit xij galonnis. 14.. Assize of Measures in Sc. Acts (1844) I. 310 Item þe boll sall contene a sexterne viz. xij gallonis of aile. |
▪ II. sextern2
(ˈsɛkstɜːn)
[ad. med.L. sexternum, -us, f. L. sex six, after quaternum, -us (see quire n.1), variants of quaternio, quaternion.]
A quire consisting of six sheets.
| 1885 E. Maunde Thompson in Encycl. Brit. XVIII. 144 Sexterns, or quires of six sheets (twelve leaves). |