Defn: Pertaining to sex. [R.] Should I ascribe any of these things unto myself or my sexly weakness, I were not worthy to live. Queen Elizabeth.
SEXRADIATE
Sex*ra"di*ate, a. Etym: [Sex- + radiate.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: Having six rays; — said of certain sponge spicules. See
Illust. of Spicule.
SEXT Sext, n. Etym: [L. sexta, fem. of sextus sixtt, fr. sex six: cf. F. sexte.] (R.C.Ch.) (a) The office for the sixth canonical hour, being a part of the Breviary. (b) The sixth book of the decretals, added by Pope Boniface VIII.
SEXTAIN
Sex"tain, n. Etym: [L. sextus sixth, fr. sex six: cf. It. sestina.]
(Pros.)
Defn: A stanza of six lines; a sestine.
SEXTANS
Sex"tans, n. Etym: [L. See Sextant.]
1. (Rom. Antiq.)
Defn: A Roman coin, the sixth part of an as.
2. (Astron.)