florence

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  1. An English gold coin, usually called florin. The first gold that King Edward III. coyned was in the year 1343, and the peeces were called florences, because Florentines were the coyners. Camden, Remains.
  2. A kind of cloth manufactured in Florence, mentioned in the time of Richard III. Planché; Fairholt. Also called florentine.
  3. A thin silk, a variety of taffeta. Dict. of Needlework.
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  1. Middle English florence, equivalent to floren, florin, a coin: see florin. The other uses (cf. French florence, sarcenet, and English florentine, n., 2) are later; all refer ult. to Florence in Italy.
 

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