stere
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of stere
1790–1800; < French stère < Greek stereós solid
Example Sentences
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And for-thy, nece, er that his herte breke, So spek your-self to him of this matere; For with o word ye may his herte stere.
From Troilus and Criseyde by Chaucer, Geoffrey
The theoretical unit of volume is the stere, which is a cubic meter.
From The Style Book of The Detroit News by News, The Detroit
Lo thus, mi Sone, it mai thee stere Of swevenes forto take kepe, For ofte time a man aslepe Mai se what after schal betide.
From Confessio Amantis, or, Tales of the Seven Deadly Sins by Macaulay, G. C. (George Campbell)
“Abouten his char ther wenten white alauns, Twenty and mo as gret as any stere, To hunten at the leon or the dere.”
From The Curiosities of Heraldry by Lower, Mark Antony
O werste of alle wicke, Of conscience whom no pricke Mai stere, lo, what thou hast do!
From Confessio Amantis, or, Tales of the Seven Deadly Sins by Macaulay, G. C. (George Campbell)
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