different between cider vs sextary

English

Etymology

From Middle English sider, cidre, sidre, from Old French cisdre, sidre (“beverage made from fermented apples”), from Medieval Latin s?cera, from Ancient Greek ?????? (síkera, “fermented liquor, strong drink”), from Hebrew ??????? (š???r, “liquor”). Doublet of cyser.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?sa??.d?/, enPR: s??d?r
• (New England, Great Lakes) IPA^(key): [?s???.d?(?)]
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?sa??.d?/
• Rhymes: -a??d?(?)

Noun

cider (countable and uncountable, plural ciders)

1. (Britain, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, Canada) An alcoholic, often sparkling (carbonated) beverage made from fermented apples; hard cider; apple cider
2. (US, Canada) A non-alcoholic still beverage consisting of the juice of early-harvest apples, usually unfiltered and still containing pulp; apple cider; sweet cider (without pulp such a beverage is called apple juice).

   She liked an aged cider. He liked a harder cider.

3. (Australia) A non-alcoholic carbonated beverage made from apples.
4. (Japan, South Korea) A non-alcoholic, lemon-lime flavored carbonated beverage.
5. (countable) A cup, glass, or serving of any of these beverages.

Synonyms

• (alcoholic beverage): hard cider (US)
• (US: non-alcoholic beverage): sweet cider

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• Calvados
• perry
• scrumpy

Anagrams

• Deric, IRCed, Redic, cried, deric, dicer, riced

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch sider, from Old French sidre, from Latin sicera.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?si.d?r/
• Hyphenation: ci?der
• Rhymes: -id?r

Noun

cider m (plural ciders, diminutive cidertje n)

1. cider.

   Synonyms: appelcider, appelwijn

Related terms

• sikker
• sjikker

English

Etymology 1

Anglicized from Latin sextarius (“pint”)

Noun

sextary (plural sextaries)

1. An ancient Roman liquid and dry measure, about equal to an English pint.
2. An Old English measure of liquid, usually wine or cider, perhaps containing 6 gallons.
   • 1866, James Edwin Thorold Rogers, A History of Agriculture and Prices in England, Volume 1, p. 172.

     The sextary seems to have contained 6 gallons, and is also used for cider and wine.

Related terms

• sextus
• six

Etymology 2

For sextonry.

Noun

sextary (plural sextaries)

1. (obsolete) A sacristy.