a group of eight lines of verse, especially the first eight lines of a sonnet in the Italian form. Comparesestet ( def 1 ). a stanza of eight lines. the eighth of a series. Ecclesiastical. the eighth day from a feast day, counting the feast day as the first. ...
Music and Dancea pipe-organ stop whose pipes give tones an octave above the normal pitch of the keys used. a series or group of eight. PoetryAlso calledoctet.[Pros.] a group of eight lines of verse, esp. the first eight lines of a sonnet in the Italian form. Cf.sestet(def. 1)....