单词 | sester |
释义 | sestern. Now historical. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > manufacture of alcoholic drink > brewing > [noun] > vat or vessel for brewing or fermenting ale fateOE sesterc1000 bruthen-leadc1275 kimnel1335 tine1337 gyle-fat1341 yeast-fat1367 brew-lead1369 coomb?a1400 gyle-tunc1425 brewing-lead1444 brewing vessel1462 work lead1471 lead1504 brewing copper1551 gyle-tub1568 kier1573 batch1697 ale vat1701 working tun1703 tun1713 brewing tub1766 flat1791 round1806 beck1828 gyle1836 tun-tub1842 stone-square1882 c1000 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 122/30 Amfora, sester. c1000 Ælfric Judges vii. 16 Gedeon..het heora ælcne geniman anne æmtigne sester oððe ænne wæterbuc to þam gewinne forð. 1341 in J. T. Fowler Extracts Acct. Rolls Abbey of Durham (1899) II. 542 In 2 novis Sestres factis de novo pro bracina, 20d. 1347–8 in J. T. Fowler Extracts Acct. Rolls Abbey of Durham (1899) II. 546 In 2 Cestris novis fact. et ferro ligand. pro bracina, 2s. 10d. 2. a. A liquid measure for beer, wine, etc.In Old English rendering Latin modius, cadus, metreta, and sextarius. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > measurement > the scientific measurement of volume > measure(s) of capacity > [noun] > liquid measure of capacity > specific units of liquid measure > sester sester909 sestern1421 sextern1425 909 in Thorpe Charters (1865) 158 Twelf seoxtres beoras. c950 Lindisf. Gosp. John ii. 6 Stænino fatto..niomende syndrige sestras tuoege uel ðrea [Ags. Gosp. ælc wæs on twegra sestra gemete oððe on þreora]. c1000 Sax. Leechd. III. 92 Twegen sestres sapan, & twege hunies & þre sestres ecedes, & se sester sceal wegan twa pund. c1440 Pallad. on Husb. ii. 410 In half a sester [L. heminam] aged wyn do shake. in Coll. Ordinances Royal Househ. (Harl. 642) (1790) 113 Then yee must goe to the servant of the seller, and warne him to make readie..as many sesteres of wine as yee thinke will serve the people. 1528 Coventry Leet Bk. 696 No bruer..frome-hensfurth shall sell eny ale within this Citie by the Cester aboue ij s. 1580 C. Hollyband Treasurie French Tong Demy Sétier,..halfe sester. b. † sester-penny n. Obsolete ? a charge made upon every sester of beer brewed. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > impost, due, or tax > duty on goods > [noun] > on consumable goods > on other consumables sester-penny1328 granagea1582 malt tax?1699 abkari1790 malt duty1797 1328 in Essex Rev. XIII. 203 Every copieholder that doeth brewe bere or ale to sell, shall paye yerely in the moneth of harvest one penye called Cestre-penye. 3. A dry measure for wheat, etc.In modern use only Historical with reference to Anglo-Saxon Chron. an. 1043, On þisum wæs..corn swa dyre..swa þæt se sester hwætes eode to .lx. penega & eac furðor. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > measurement > the scientific measurement of volume > measure(s) of capacity > [noun] > dry measure > specific dry measure units > sester sesterc1050 c1050 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 444/4 Mine, healfsester. c1440 Pallad. on Husb. viii. 148 A sester and a semycicle take Of senuey seed. 1707 W. Fleetwood Chronicon Preciosum iv. 65 A Sester or Sextarius was what we now call a Quarter, or a Seam, containing 8 Bushels. a1842 H. Petrie tr. Anglo-Saxon Chron. anno 1044 in J. A. Giles Venerable Bede's Eccl. Hist. Eng. & Anglo-Saxon Chron. (1847) 417 The sester of wheat went up to sixty pence.] This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.909 |
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