קִיסְטְ, (a corrupt. of ξέστης) ḳisṭ, ḳisṭa (Sixtarius), v. כְּסִיסְטָא. Gen. R. s. 49 חד ק׳ וכ׳ Ar. (ed. קסיט) one xestes of wine (which you had) makes ten follera. Pes. 109ᵃ ק׳ דמורייסא וכ׳ Ar. (ed. קסתא, Ms. M. קיסתא; v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note) the xestes for muries (kept as a standard) in Sepphoris was about the same as the Temple Log. Pesik. Ekhah, p. 122ᵇ ק׳ דחמר Ar. (ed. קסיט) a. x. of wine; a. e.—Pl. קִיסְטִין. Lev. R. s. 12 שתי שיכרא חמשא ק׳ (not קיסטון) he (the drunkard) drinks five xestes of beer, they tell him, thou hadst ten. Ib. הוה אליף … ק׳ וכ׳ was accustomed to drink twelve x. of wine a day &c.; a. e.—[V. Fr. Aram. Fremdw. p. 205].