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teston
(gcide) | Tester \Tes"ter\, n. [For testern, teston, fr. F. teston, fr.
OF. teste the head, the head of the king being impressed upon
the coin. See Tester a covering, and cf. Testone,
Testoon.]
An old French silver coin, originally of the value of about
eighteen pence, subsequently reduced to ninepence, and later
to sixpence, sterling. Hence, in modern English slang, a
sixpence; -- often contracted to tizzy. Called also
teston. --Shak.
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Teston
(gcide) | Teston \Tes"ton\, n.
A tester; a sixpence. [Obs.]
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Teston
(gcide) | Tester \Tes"ter\, n. [For testern, teston, fr. F. teston, fr.
OF. teste the head, the head of the king being impressed upon
the coin. See Tester a covering, and cf. Testone,
Testoon.]
An old French silver coin, originally of the value of about
eighteen pence, subsequently reduced to ninepence, and later
to sixpence, sterling. Hence, in modern English slang, a
sixpence; -- often contracted to tizzy. Called also
teston. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]Teston \Tes"ton\, n.
A tester; a sixpence. [Obs.]
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Testone
(gcide) | Testone \Tes*tone"\, n. [Cf. Pg. test[~a]o, tost[~a]o. See
Testoon.]
A silver coin of Portugal, worth about sixpence sterling, or
about eleven cents. --Homans.
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whitestone
(gcide) | Granulite \Gran"u*lite\, n. [From Granule.] (Geol.)
A whitish, granular rock, consisting of feldspar and quartz
intimately mixed; -- sometimes called whitestone, and
leptynite.
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bronx-whitestone bridge
(wn) | Bronx-Whitestone Bridge
n 1: a suspension bridge across the East River in New York City |
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