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decus slang.|ˈdiːkəs|
[From the Latin motto decus et tutamen on the rim.]
A crown-piece.
1688Shadwell Sqr. Alsatia ii. Wks. (1720) IV. 48 To equip you with some Meggs, Smelts, Decus's and Georges. 1822Scott Nigel xxiii, ‘You see’, he said, pointing to the casket, ‘that noble Master Grahame..has got the decuses and the smelts.’ |