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Webster 1913 Edition
Conistra
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Co-nis′tra
,Noun.
[NL., fr. Gr. [GREEK], fr. [GREEK] dust.]
(Greek Antiq.)
Originally, a part of the palestra, or gymnasium among the Greeks; either the place where sand was stored for use in sprinkling the wrestlers, or the wrestling ground itself. Hence, a part of the orchestra of the Greek theater.