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Webster 1913 Edition

Sextile

Sex′tile

,
Adj.
[F.
sextil
, fr. L.
sextus
the sixth, from
sex
six. See
Six
.]
(Astrol.)
Measured by sixty degrees; fixed or indicated by a distance of sixty degrees.
Glanvill.

Sex′tile

,
Noun.
[Cf. F. aspect
sextil
.]
(Astrol.)
The aspect or position of two planets when distant from each other sixty degrees, or two signs. This position is marked thus: [8star].
Hutton.

Webster 1828 Edition

Sextile

SEX'TILE

,
Noun.
[L. sextilis, from sex, six.] Denoting the aspect or position of two planets, when distant from each other 60 degrees or two signs. This position is marked thus*.

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