DEXTRER

Des*trer", Dex"trer, n. Etym: [OF. destrier, fr. L. dextra on the right side. The squire led his master's horse beside him, on his right hand. Skeat.]

Definition: A war horse. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Dex*trer", n.

Definition: A war horse; a destrer. [Obs.] "By him baiteth his dextrer." Chaucer.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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PARSEC

(noun) a unit of astronomical length based on the distance from Earth at which stellar parallax is 1 second of arc; equivalent to 3.262 light years


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