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‖ larin|ˈlærɪn|
Also 6 larine, (larijn), 8 laryn; 7 lari-, lar(r)ee, lawree.
[Pers. lārī, ? f. Lār name of a territory on the north of the Persian Gulf (Yule).]
A kind of Persian and Arabic money formerly in use, consisting of a strip of metal bent over in the form of a hook.
1588Hickocke tr. Frederick's Voy. Ind. 35 b, I bought many salted kine there..for halfe a Larine a peece, which Larine may be twelue shillinges sixe pence. 1616N. Whithington in Purchas Pilgrims (1625) I. 484 We agreed with one of the Ragies or Governours kinred for twenty Laries (twenty shillings) to conduct vs. 1623Docum. Impeachm. Buckhm. (Camden) 77 Lawrees, beinge peeces of silver..worthe aboute tenne pence. 1634Sir T. Herbert Trav. 151 Larrees fashioned like point-aglets, and are worth ten pence. 1681R. Knox Hist. Relat. iv. vi. 144 Five and twenty Larees, that is, five dollars. 1704Collect. Voy. (Churchill) III. 822/2 The most current coin here are the Silver Laryns, each whereof is worth about 10d.
Restrict ‖ to sense in Dict. and add: Pronunc. |lɑːriː| 2. Also laari. In the Maldives, a monetary unit equal to one hundredth of a rufiyaa.
1978Whitaker's Almanack 1979 985 (table) Maldive Islands... Rupee of 100 Laris. 1982N.Y. Times 14 Feb. ii. 37/2 A 5-Laree stamp shows ‘Self Portrait with a Palette’. 1985Statesman's Year-Bk. 1985–86 830 The rufiyaa (Maldivian rupee) is divided into 100 laaris. |