sestuor

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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Sestuor \Ses"tu*or\, n. [F.] A sestet. [1913 Webster]

Sestet \Ses*tet"\, n. [It. sestetto, fr. sesto sixth, L. sextus, fr. sex six.]

1.(Mus.) A piece of music composed for six voices or six instruments; a sextet; -- called also sestuor. [Written also sestett, sestette.] [1913 Webster]

2.(Poet.) The last six lines of a sonnet. [1913 Webster]

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