stere

From French stère, from Ancient Greek στερεός (stereós, “solid”), because the unit was used for solid commodities such as firewood.

stere (plural steres)

1. (obsolete) A measure of volume used e.g. for cut wood, equal to one cubic metre.
   • 1814, Peter Barlow, A New Mathematical and Philosophical Dictionary:

     It will be observed, that in this system it is only necessary to remember the metre, are, litre, and stere, all the others having certain relations to these, being equal to them taken 10, 100, 1000, &c. times, […]

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• Ester, Reset, Steer, Trees, ester, estre, re-est., reest, reset, retes, seter, steer, teers, teres, terse, trees

From the oblique ō-stem forms of Old English stēor (“rudder, control”), from Proto-West Germanic *stiurī, from Proto-Germanic *stiuriją.

• steer, steere, steor, ster, stiere

• IPA^(key): /ˈsteːr(ə)/
• (Early Middle English) IPA^(key): /ˈstøːr(ə)/

stere (plural steres)

1. rudder, tiller, steering mechanism
2. control, correction

• stereles

• English: steer
• Scots: steer

• “stẹ̄r(e, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 3 April 2018.

From Old English stēora.

• steere, sterre

• IPA^(key): /ˈsteːr(ə)/

stere (plural steres)

1. leader, controller

• “stẹ̄re, n.(3).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 3 April 2018.

stere

1. alternative form of steer

stere

1. alternative form of sterre