Teston

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A 16th-century French silver coin.
  • n. An English coin stamped with the image of Henry VIII's head. In this sense, also called tester3.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A tester; a sixpence.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A tester; a sixpence.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A silver coin of Louis XII. of France.
  • n. A name given both officially and popularly to the shilling coined by Henry VIII., from its resemblance in appearance and value to the French coin. The value of the coin was reduced later to sixpence. Also testoon.
  • Word Usage
    "This art is so far advanced in Paris that there are tavernkeepers who will give you something to eat at their places for all prices, for a teston, for an écu, for four, for ten, even for twenty apiece if you wish it, but for twenty écus I hope they will give you manna en potage or roast phoenix, or whatever in the world is most precious.13"
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    tester    sixpence   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Cheston    Preston    Reston    Weston    intestine