sterestèren.
/stɪə/, U.S. /stɪ(ə)r/ The unit of the metric system for solid measures; a cubic metre, equal to about 35.3 English cubic feet.
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1798 Philos. Mag. 1 248 Measures for Fire wood. Stere, a quantity equal to a cubic metre. By giving the length of a metre to billets, nothing more will be necessary, in order to obtain the stere, than to range them within a square frame (chassis), each side of which is equal to a metre.
1837 J. T. Smith tr. L. J. Vicat Pract. & Sci. Treat. Mortars & Cements 17 Every cubic metre of lime consumes (on an average) 1.66 steres in fire~wood, 22.00 steres in faggots, and 30 steres in fascines.
1885 A. Macfarlane Physical Arithm. 93 In the metric system we have three series of units of volume. The stere and its derivatives are for solid measure.
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† sterev.
Obsolete.
1. intransitive. To burn or offer incense.
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c1000 Ælfric Numbers xvi. 47 Aaron þa ardlice arn to þam folce and sterde mid thimiama.
2. transitive. To perfume with or as with incense.
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c1000 Sax. Leechd. I. 98 Ster [v.r. styr] hyne mid þære wyrte þe man aristolochiam nemneð.
a1240 Ureisun 45 in Old Eng. Hom. I. 193 Þer me schal ham steoren mid guldene chelle.
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