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▪ I. denier1|dɪˈnaɪə(r)|
[f. deny v. + -er.]
One who denies (in various senses of the verb).
c1400Apol. Loll. 99 And ȝet þey deny to men þe understonding of þe gospel..þei wel bi deniers [printed deneris]. 1530Palsgr. 212/2 Denyer of a thynge, escondisseur. 1558Knox First Blast (Arb.) 46 Deniers of Christ Iesus. 1660Jer. Taylor Duct. Dubit. i. ii. rule iii. §12 He must be a despiser of the world, a great denier of himself. 1741Warburton Div. Legat. II. Ded. 23 The Deniers of a future State. 1876Bancroft Hist. U.S. VI. xxvi. 33 One state disfranchised Jews..another deniers of the Trinity.
▪ II. † denier2 Law. Obs.
[a. F. dénier pres. inf., taken subst.: cf. disclaimer, and see -er4.]
The act of denying or refusing.
1532–3Act 24 Hen. VIII, c. 6 Any of the kynges subiectes, to whom any denyer of sale..shall be made. 1628Coke On Litt. 153 b, Without a demand there be no denier of the rent in law. 1642J. M. Argt. conf. Militia 24 This in effect was a denier of justice.
▪ III. denier3
(dɪˈnɪə(r), ‖ dənje)
Forms: 5–7 denere, 6 Sc. deneir, 6–7 deneere, 7 deneer, -eare, -ire, -iere, dinneere, 6– denier. See also denar.
[a. OF. dener, later denier (= Pr. dener, denier, dinier, Cat. diner, Sp. dinero, Pg. dinheiro, It. denaro, danaro):—L. dēnārium: see denarius. The form deneer(e (cf. musketeer, etc.) prevailed about 1600.]
1. A French coin, the twelfth of the sou; originally, like the Roman denarius and English penny, of silver; but from 16th c. a small copper coin. Hence (esp. in negative phrases) used as the type of a very small sum. Obs. or arch.
Originally, from reign of Charlemagne till 12th c., a silver coin of about 22 Troy grains or rather less than a pennyweight; from the 13th c. to the reign of Chas. IX (d. 1574), usually of billon or base silver (denier tournois), and weighing at different times from 10 to 14 gr.; under Henry III (1574–89) it became a copper coin of about 22 gr. (less than 2/3 of the current bronze farthing), and so continued till the death of Louis XIV. (B. V. Head.)
c1425Wyntoun Cron. vi. v. 60 To þe kyrk ilka yhere Of Rome he heycht a denere To pay (a penny þat is to say). 1580H. Gifford Gilloflowers (1875) 132 And in his purse, to serue his neede, Not one deneere he had. 1594Shakes. Rich. III, i. ii. 252 My Dukedome to a Beggerly denier! I do mistake my person all this while. 1607T. Walkington Opt. Glass 45 Then liue in wealth and giue not a dinneere. 1611Cotgr., Denier a penny, a deneere; a small copper coin valued at the tenth part of an English pennie; also, a pennie-weight, or 24 grains. a1670Hacket Abp. Williams i. (1692) 104 The Lord Treasurer, I know well, had..not drawn a denier out of the King's purse. 1706Phillips (ed. Kersey), Denier, a French Brass-Coin, worth three Tenths of an English Farthing, of which Twelve make a Sols. Also a Penny-weight in Silver; thus an Ounce of Silver..is of 24 Deniers. 1873Hale In His Name vi. 55 A slave whom I have bought with my deniers. 1876Browning Pacchiarotto 79 Let the blind mole mine Digging out deniers!
†2. Used to translate Lat. dēnārius: see denarius 1. Obs.
1598R. Grenewey Tacitus' Ann. i. v. (1622) 9 The Pretorian bands, which receiued two deniers a day. 1606Holland Sueton. 66 Gallus his scribe, had receiued 500 deniers.
†3. A pennyweight; = denarius 3. Obs.
1601Holland Pliny II. 79 Take of wild running Thyme the weight of two deniers..Ervil floure twelue deniers or drams. a1656Ussher Ann. (1658) 229 Counting here, as his manner everywhere is, a deneere, for a drachma. 1706[see sense 1 above].
4. A unit of weight used to estimate the fineness of silk, rayon, or nylon yarn.
The unit is based on a length of 450 metres of yarn weighing 0·05 gramme.
1839Ure Dict. Arts 1105 The first of these raw silks will have a titre of 20 to 24 deniers. 1858Simmonds Dict. Trade, Denier,..in Italy, a small weight equal to about a grain, by which silk is weighed. 1887Colonial & Indian Exhib., Rep. Col. Sect. 341 The general sizes [of silk] seem to be 16 to 20 deniers, but it will range from about 10 to 24 deniers, single thread. 1927T. Woodhouse Artifical Silk 78 Finally the hanks are weighed..to ascertain the denier count. 1952Sunday Times 15 June 8/5 Denier is the thickness of the yarn: the lower the denier number, the finer the stocking. 1957Times 30 Sept. 11/3 The makers claim that these 15-denier ‘Carefree’ nylons will outlast several ordinary pairs. 1960Textile Terms & Defs. (ed. 4) 53 Denier, the weight in grammes of 9,000 metres of a filament or yarn. The denier system is used as the standard count for filament silk as well as for rayon, cellulose acetate, nylon and other man-made fibres. |