Category:Tester

Tes"ter, n. Etym: [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.

Tester Tes"ter, n. Etym: [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.]

Defn: 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.