| 单词 | half unicorn |
| 释义 | > as lemmashalf unicorn a. A Scottish gold coin current in the 15th and 16th centuries at the value of 18 shillings Scots; so called from the figure of the unicorn stamped upon its obverse. Also half unicorn. Now Historical. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > Scottish coins > [noun] > gold coins rider1367 rial1420 demy1440 lew1467 unicorn1487 liona1572 lion noble1586 thistle noble1590 hat piece1598 bonnet piece1684 thistle-crown1726 lozenge lion1890 1487 Exchequer Rolls Scot. IX. 549 In denariis aureis vocatis unicornys. a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 260 Vpon the heid of it is hecht Bayth vnicornis and crownis of wecht. 1538 Aberd. Reg. XVI. (Jam.) Ane vnicorn gud & sufficient gold. 1845 Lindsay Coinage Scot. 137 The Unicorns generally weigh about fifty-eight grains,..the half Unicorns in proportion. 1887 E. Burns Coinage Scotl. II. 151 The coinages of unicorns that took place under James V. < as lemmas |
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