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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Sestet \Ses*tet"\, n. [It. sestetto, fr. sesto sixth, L. sextus,
     fr. sex six.]
     1. (Mus.) A piece of music composed for six voices or six
        instruments; a sextet; -- called also sestuor. [Written
        also sestett, sestette.]
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. (Poet.) The last six lines of a sonnet.
        [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Sestet \Ses*tet"\, n. [It. sestetto, fr. sesto sixth, L. sextus,
     fr. sex six.]
     1. (Mus.) A piece of music composed for six voices or six
        instruments; a sextet; -- called also sestuor. [Written
        also sestett, sestette.]
  
     2. (Poet.) The last six lines of a sonnet.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  sestet
       n 1: the cardinal number that is the sum of five and one [syn: six,
             6, VI, sixer, sise, Captain Hicks, half a
            dozen, sextet, sextuplet, hexad]
       2: six performers or singers who perform together [syn: sextet,
           sextette]
       3: a set of six similar things considered as a unit [syn: sextet,
           sextette]
       4: a musical composition written for six performers [syn: sextet,
           sextette]
       5: a rhythmic group of six lines of verse

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  sestet
     n.
     1 (lb en music) A piece of music composed for six voices or six
  instruments; a sextet or sestuor.
     2 (lb en poetry) The last six lines of a sonnet, forming two stanzas
  of three lines each.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  sestet
     n.
     1 (lb en music) A piece of music composed for six voices or six
  instruments; a sextet or sestuor.
     2 (lb en poetry) The last six lines of a sonnet, forming two stanzas
  of three lines each.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  sestet
     n.
     1 (lb en music) A piece of music composed for six voices or six
  instruments; a sextet or sestuor.
     2 (lb en poetry) The last six lines of a sonnet, forming two stanzas
  of three lines each.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  sestet
     n.
     1 (lb en music) A piece of music composed for six voices or six
  instruments; a sextet or sestuor.
     2 (lb en poetry) The last six lines of a sonnet, forming two stanzas
  of three lines each.

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  sestet /sɛstˈɛt/ 
  sextet

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  sestet /sɛstˈɛt/
  1. sonenin son altı mısraı
  2. (müz.), (bak.) sextet.

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  n. 六重唱曲,十四行诗;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     n. 六重唱曲,十四行诗

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