(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 3:03:53

Sex"tans (?), n. [L. See Sextant.]

1. Rom. Antiq.

A Roman coin, the sixth part of an as.

2. Astron.

A constellation on the equator south of Leo; the Sextant.

 

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