Obs. [= F. ceston in same sense; deriv. of ceste, CESTUS1.] = CESTUS1.

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1583.  T. Watson, Poems (Arb.), 119. Venus … Posthaste to haue God Vulcan’s ayde, Solde him her Gemmes, and Ceston therewithall.

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1584.  Peele, Arraignm. Paris, III. vi. Mercury. Venus, give me your pledge. Venus. My ceston, or my fan, or both?

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1611.  Chapman, Iliad, XIV. 181.

        And from her odorous bosome tooke, her Ceston, in whose sphere
Were all enticements to delight, all Loues; all Longings were.

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1648.  Herrick, Hesper., Oberon’s Palace. Citherea’s ceston, which All with temptation doth bewitch.

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