sextar rare.
(ˈsɛkstɑː(r))
[ad. L. sextār-ius: see next. Cf. sester.]
= sextary.
| 1559 Morwyng Evonym. Pref., Sieth ij sextars of the juice of Roses. 1601 Holland Pliny xiv. xiii. I. 418 Among donatives..certaine sextars or quarts of milke have been many times given. 1656 Dugdale Warwicksh. 340/1 In the time of the said King Edward [the Confessor] the Shirivalty of this County..answered lxv li. in money and xxxvi. Sextars of honey. 1707 Fleetwood Chron. Prec. 68 In 1125, a Sextar or Quarter of Wheat, at 01l 00s 00d. Ibid. 73 Sir H. Spelman says, that at Paris, a Modius Vini holds 36 Sextarios, and that a Sextar is 8 Pints. 1774 T. West Antiq. Furness ii. 33 [transl.], I also grant that they shall sell each sextar of ale dearer by one penny than is done at Appleby. |