Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A mite; a small piece of money, in value about a farthing.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete A small piece of money, in value about a farthing, or a half cent.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun archaic An old
copper coin of small value.
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Examples
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Clara, & an - tiquis viftoriis par, ea die. laus parta: quippe funt qui paullo minus, quam oftogihta millia Britannorum cecidiffe tradant, militum quadrin - gentis ferme interfedtis, nec multo ampliiis vul - neratis.
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Pkilippus acceptis in cotu - tunae aleam fubire, coege - miinem focietatem fuppetias runt Quo fafto Polyrrhe - mittunt, Illyrios quadrin - nii eorumque focii Philippo gentos, duce Platore; A - & Achseis Cretas quingen - chaeos ducentos; Phocen - tos fubfidio miferunt: jam fes centum.
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Neque tamen 'rationes jufte confecit: nam cum ifta pecunise iiimma longe major efle deberet, nihilominus, uti Ariftaeas tradiderat, fumtus illos quadrin - gentorum talentorum fuifle adjecit.
De origine versionis Septuaginta interpretum exercitatio historica [microform] Mücke, Samuel Traugott, d. 1816 1789
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En Aulici Tici - nenfis verba, qui ante annos quadrin - gentos Opufculum de Laudib.
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