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sestera

sestera, ~us, ~ium [ME sester, OF sest(i)ere < CL sextarius], vessel for holding liquid. b liquid measure (in quot. of wine or beer). c dry measure. 1348 in ij cestris novis fact’ et ferro ligand’ pro bracina ij s. x d. Ac. Durh. 546.  b 1282 pro servicio unius seterii vini gilofrati IPM 31/3 m. 1; 1309 in vino, ij cestris et j lagena, precio iiij s. vid. Rec. Leic. I 264; iiij cisteria de dominico vino regis Meaux I 275 (cf. R. Howd. III 245: quatuor sextaria); 1436 pro quodam vase vini Rinensis continente quindecim sistras cum dimidia ExchScot 679.  c c1100 sciatis me dedisse ‥ quindecim solidos et quatuor ~as de brasio et quatuor ~as frumenti et quatuor ~as siliginis MonA VI 101.

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