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† gaˈzet(t Obs.
[a. F. gazette (obs.), a. It. gazzetta.]
A Venetian coin of small value.
The earliest quots. give its value as about three farthings, but Cotgr. says of the F. gazette, ‘scarce worth our farthing’, and quot. 1682 agrees with this. Probably its worth varied in different places, as it was coined at Venice for circulation in the Levant.
1605B. Jonson Volpone ii. ii. (1607) E 2, What monstrous, and most painefull circumstance Is here, to get some three, or foure Gazets! Some three-pence i'th whole, for that 'twill come too. 1632Brome Novella iii. Wks. 1873 I. 143 Pedro. Take from my hand a peece of foure Gazetts. Paulo. That's three-pence sterling; you are bounteous, Sir. 1682Wheler Journ. Greece i. 43 The owners sell the rest for two Gazets the pound, which is not a half-peny English. |