"bésta" meaning in Galician

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "besteiro"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Besteiros"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Bestilleiros"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gl",
        "2": "roa-opt",
        "3": "baesta",
        "4": "",
        "5": "crossbow"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Galician-Portuguese baesta (“crossbow”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gl",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "ballista"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin ballista",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gl",
        "2": "grc",
        "3": "βαλλίστρα"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek βαλλίστρα (ballístra)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pt",
        "2": "besta"
      },
      "expansion": "Portuguese besta",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "es",
        "2": "ballesta"
      },
      "expansion": "Spanish ballesta",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Galician-Portuguese baesta (“crossbow”) (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin ballista, from Ancient Greek βαλλίστρα (ballístra). Cognate with Portuguese besta and Spanish ballesta.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "béstas",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f"
      },
      "expansion": "bésta f (plural béstas)",
      "name": "gl-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Galician",
  "lang_code": "gl",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "68 32",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Galician entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "79 21",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "92 8",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "97 3",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "gl",
          "name": "Weapons",
          "orig": "gl:Weapons",
          "parents": [
            "Hunting",
            "Military",
            "Tools",
            "Human activity",
            "Society",
            "Technology",
            "Human behaviour",
            "All topics",
            "Human",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "And the same from the Torre del Oro [a castle in Seville]: they were attacking them with little catapults and winched crossbows, and in many other ways",
          "ref": "1295, R. Lorenzo, editor, La traducción gallega de la Crónica General y de la Crónica de Castilla, Ourense: I.E.O.P.F., page 17:",
          "text": "et da Torre do Ouro esso meesmo, cõ tra[bu]quetes que y tĩjnã, que os aqueixauã ademays, et cõ beestas de torno et de outras muytas maneyras",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "crossbow"
      ],
      "id": "en-bésta-gl-noun-j9St7drD",
      "links": [
        [
          "crossbow",
          "crossbow"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "hock (the tarsal joint of a digitigrade quadruped)"
      ],
      "id": "en-bésta-gl-noun-DR4EdZY6",
      "links": [
        [
          "hock",
          "hock"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈbɛs̺t̪ɐ]"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Cantigas de Santa Maria"
  ],
  "word": "bésta"
}

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  "categories": [
    "Galician countable nouns",
    "Galician entries with incorrect language header",
    "Galician feminine nouns",
    "Galician lemmas",
    "Galician nouns",
    "Galician terms derived from Ancient Greek",
    "Galician terms derived from Latin",
    "Galician terms derived from Old Galician-Portuguese",
    "Galician terms inherited from Latin",
    "Galician terms inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "gl:Weapons"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "besteiro"
    },
    {
      "word": "Besteiros"
    },
    {
      "word": "Bestilleiros"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gl",
        "2": "roa-opt",
        "3": "baesta",
        "4": "",
        "5": "crossbow"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Galician-Portuguese baesta (“crossbow”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gl",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "ballista"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin ballista",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gl",
        "2": "grc",
        "3": "βαλλίστρα"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek βαλλίστρα (ballístra)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pt",
        "2": "besta"
      },
      "expansion": "Portuguese besta",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "es",
        "2": "ballesta"
      },
      "expansion": "Spanish ballesta",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Galician-Portuguese baesta (“crossbow”) (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin ballista, from Ancient Greek βαλλίστρα (ballístra). Cognate with Portuguese besta and Spanish ballesta.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "béstas",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f"
      },
      "expansion": "bésta f (plural béstas)",
      "name": "gl-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Galician",
  "lang_code": "gl",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Galician terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "And the same from the Torre del Oro [a castle in Seville]: they were attacking them with little catapults and winched crossbows, and in many other ways",
          "ref": "1295, R. Lorenzo, editor, La traducción gallega de la Crónica General y de la Crónica de Castilla, Ourense: I.E.O.P.F., page 17:",
          "text": "et da Torre do Ouro esso meesmo, cõ tra[bu]quetes que y tĩjnã, que os aqueixauã ademays, et cõ beestas de torno et de outras muytas maneyras",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "crossbow"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "crossbow",
          "crossbow"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "hock (the tarsal joint of a digitigrade quadruped)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "hock",
          "hock"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈbɛs̺t̪ɐ]"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Cantigas de Santa Maria"
  ],
  "word": "bésta"
}