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stere

American  
[steer] / stɪər /

noun

  1. a cubic meter equivalent to 35.315 cubic feet or 1.3080 cubic yards, used to measure cordwood. st


stere British  
/ stɪə /

noun

  1. a unit used to measure volumes of stacked timber equal to one cubic metre (35.315 cubic feet)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of stere

1790–1800; < French stère < Greek stereós solid

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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 Geoffrey Chaucer

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 G. C. (George Campbell) Macaulay

Ye be my lyf! ye be myn herty's stere!

From The Book of Humorous Verse by Carolyn Wells

The theoretical unit of volume is the stere, which is a cubic meter.

From The Style Book of The Detroit News by The Detroit News

And for because that Saturne is of so late sterynge, therfore the folk of that contree, that ben undre his clymat, han of kynde no wille for to meve ne stere to seche strange places.

From The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 08 Asia, Part I by Richard Hakluyt

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