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sextile, a. and n.|ˈsɛkstaɪl, -ɪl|
Also 7 -il(l.
[ad. L. sextīlis (in class. L. only with mēnsis or ellipt., as the earlier name of August), f. sextus sixth: see -ile.]
A. adj.
1. Astrol. sextile aspect, the aspect of two heavenly bodies which are 60° or one sixth part of the zodiac distant from each other.
1557H. Baker Rules Use Almanacs B vij b, {star} Signifieth sextile aspecte: whiche is caused, by the distaunce of two sygnes betwene two planettes. 1614Chapman Androm. Lib. C 4 b, Venus in aspect Sextile or Trine. 1638Wilkins New World v. (1707) 40 When she [the Moon] is about a Sextile Aspect distant from the Sun. 1715tr. Gregory's Astron. (1726) I. 204 If a Sixth Part of the Zodiac lies between them, they are said to have a Sextile Aspect. 1815Scott Guy M. iii, Signs and planets, in aspects sextile, quartile, trine, conjoined or opposite. 1856[see quartile a.].
†2. (See quot.) Obs. rare—0.
1656Blount Glossogr., Sextile or Sextilian moneth,..the moneth of August.
B. n.
1. Astrol. A sextile aspect. Phr. in (a) sextile.
1592Greene's Vision Wks. (Grosart) XII. 278 Canst thou..tell the course of the Starres, setting downe their aspects, oppositiues, times, and sextiles? c1610Sir C. Heydon Astrol. Disc. (1650) 74 Six Sextiles equal to six aequilater Triangles, fill the whole space about a point, which is equal to four right Angles. a1625Fletcher Bloody Brother iv. ii, Mars being Lord of the Geniture in Capricorne, Is..now a Sextile here, With Venus Lady of the Horoscope. 1638Wilkins New World i. (1684) 114 If you behold the Moon..when she is in a Sextile with the Sun. 1667Milton P.L. x. 659 Thir planetarie motions and aspects In Sextile, Square, and Trine, and Opposite. 1837Whewell Hist. Induct. Sci. (1857) I. 176 By observation of the moon, when she was nearly in trine and in sextile with the sun. 1880Shorthouse J. Inglesant xvi, Venus also casting a sextile to the cusp of the ascendant.
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1825C. M. Westmacott Eng. Spy (1907) I. 33 He is our captain, a Sextile, a Roue. 1838W. Cory Lett. & Jrnls. (1897) 3 Westmacott, Bullock, and Tarver, all sextiles. |