SESTINA
\sɛstˈiːnə], \sɛstˈiːnə], \s_ɛ_s_t_ˈiː_n_ə]\
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ses-t[=e]'na, n. an old French form of verse, originally consisting of six stanzas of six unrhymed lines, with a final triplet, the same terminal words being used in each stanza, but arranged differently. Modern sestinas are written on two or three rhymes.--Also SES'TINE. [It.,--L. sextus, sixth.]
By Thomas Davidson
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