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A headpiece; a helmet. [Obs.] The shields bright, testers, and trappures. Chaucer.

A sixpence; a tester. [Obs.]

pl. of Teste, or of Testis.

A division of brachiopods including those which have a calcareous shell furnished with a hinge and hinge teeth. Terebratula and Spirifer are examples.

One of the essential male genital glands which secrete the semen.

Having the testicles naturally concealed, as in the case of the cetaceans.

Of or pertaining to the testicle.

Shaped like a testicle, ovate and solid.

A piece of plate armor for the head of a war horse; a tester.

Testy; headstrong; obstinate. [Obs.] Testif they were and lusty for to play. Chaucer.

The act of testifying, or giving testimony or evidence; as, a direct testification of our homage to God. South.

A testifier.

One who testifies; one who gives testimony, or bears witness to prove anything; a witness.

To make a solemn declaration, verbal or written, to establish some fact; to give testimony for the purpose of communicating to others a knowledge of something not known to them. Jesus . . . needed not that any should testify of man, for he knew what was in man. John ii. 25.

A writing or certificate which bears testimony in favor of one's character, good conduct, ability, etc., or of the value of a thing.

Affirmation; declaration; as, these doctrines are supported by the uniform testimony of the fathers; the belief of past facts must depend on the evidence of human testimony, or the testimony of historians.

The quality or state of being testy; fretfulness; petulance. Testiness is a disposition or aptness to be angry. Locke.

The act of testing or proving; trial; proof.

A testicle.

A tester; a sixpence. [Obs.]