testont (teston)

[OF. (and F.) Sp. tes ton (= It. test one ), a coin, so called from having the figure of a head, testoon. Threepence; and here's a teston ; yet take all. Middle ton, Blurt, Master-Constable, ii. 2. The book he had it out of cost him a teston at least. B. Jonson, Every Man in his Humour, iv. 1. test one (tes-to'ne), n. [ tes ton.] A silver coin worth about 1s. 4d. (32 United States cents), formerly current in Italy. testoont, n. Same as teston . Cotgrave. testornt (tes'torn), n . Same as tester3 .