| 单词 | angel piece |
| 释义 | > as lemmasangel piece angel piece n. chiefly historical after 17th cent. a coin of the type known as an angel (see sense 10), esp. when presented as a touch piece to a person touched by the English (or British) monarch as a cure for scrofula; cf. touch piece n. 1. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > English coins > [noun] > noble or angel noble1350 shipc1410 Harry noble1456 angel1469 rose noble1473 angel noble1488 George noble1526 gunhole angela1577 angel piecea1665 rose royal1688 a1665 T. Simon in Vertue's Medals of T. Simon (1780) App. 89 The twenty, the ten, and the five shilling pieces, and the angel piece. 1703 W. Freke Lingua Tersancta lix. 467 King's Evil, Angel Piece of Gold given. 1840 G. L. Craik et al. Pict. Hist. Eng. III. 902/2 Another chaplain..having angel-pieces of gold strung on white ribbons on his arm, delivered them one by one to his majesty, who put them upon the necks of the touched as they passed before him. 2001 News of World (Nexis) 20 May The ‘angel’ piece is believed to have dropped from a sailor's purse when the ship went down off Portsmouth in 1545. < as lemmas |
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