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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Sextile \Sex"tile\, a. [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.
     [1913 Webster]



From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Sextile \Sex"tile\, n. [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: ********. --Hutton.
     [1913 Webster]

















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