Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An obsolete form of
dime .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A tenth; a tenth part; a tithe.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun US, dated, 18th century A
dime minted in 1792. - noun A
tenth ; a tenth part; atithe .
Etymologies
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Old French. See dime.
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Examples
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Nevertheless, the Birch cent shares a prestigious spot in the birth of U.S. coinage, along with the silver center cent, half disme, disme, and Eagle on Globe quarter, all highly interesting and historic issues from the first year the Mint was established.
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The half disme is virtually a mirror image of the Birch cent, with Liberty facing left rather than right as on the cent.
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The half disme and the Birch cent are definitely related and from the same engraver.
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Simon Stevin (15481620) published La disme, introducing decimal fractions into arithmetic.
1546 2001
vanishedone commented on the word disme
USAToday: 'This experimental coin from 1792 was intended as a possible design for a dime, which was spelled disme back then.'
November 21, 2007
uselessness commented on the word disme
Is the S silent, like in island?
November 21, 2007
vanishedone commented on the word disme
According to the OED the pronunciation is the same as for dime.
November 22, 2007