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Webster 1913 Edition

Tester

Tes′ter

,
Noun.
[OE.
testere
a headpiece, helmet, OF.
testiere
, F.
têtière
a head covering, fr. OF.
teste
the head, F.
tête
, fr. L.
testa
an earthen pot, the skull. See
Test
a cupel, and cf.
Testière
.]
1.
A headpiece; a helmet.
[Obs.]
The shields bright,
testers
, and trappures.
Chaucer.
2.
A flat canopy, as over a pulpit or tomb.
Oxf. Gross.
3.
A canopy over a bed, supported by the bedposts.
No
testers
to the bed, and the saddles and portmanteaus heaped on me to keep off the cold.
Walpole.

Tes′ter

,
Noun.
[For
testern
,
teston
, fr. F.
teston
, fr. OF.
teste
the head, the head of the king being impressed upon the coin. See
Tester
a covering, and cf.
Testone
,
Testoon
.]
An old French silver coin, originally of the value of about eighteen pence, subsequently reduced to ninepence, and later to sixpence, sterling. Hence, in modern English slang, a sixpence; – often contracted to
tizzy
. Called also
teston
.
Shak.

Webster 1828 Edition

Tester

TEST'ER

,
Noun.
The top covering of a bed, consisting of some species of cloth, supported by the bedstead.

TEST'ER

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