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medallic, a.|mɛˈdælɪk|
[f. medal n. + -ic.]
1. Pertaining or relating to, characteristic of, or of the nature of a medal; represented on a medal.
1702Addison Dial. Medals i. (1766) 13, I am afraid you will never be able, with all your Medallic eloquence, to [etc.]. 1768A. Catcott Treat. Deluge 407 Neither do the fossil reliquiæ of plants and animals..yield in elegancy and exactness to medalic insignatures. 1778Pennant Tour Wales (1883) I. 17 In the library is a..numerous collection of books..which comprehend the medallic history. 1876Humphreys Coin-coll. Man. xxvi. 396 We have modern examples of medallic caricatures. 1885Athenæum 1 Aug. 149/3 Recent productions of medallic art.
2. Resembling a medal.
1806Harwood Lichfield 367 Small medallic tokens..have been stamped. 1875Jevons Money vii. 63 Such medallic coins would become the most durable memorials. |