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单词 atchison
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atchisonn.

/ˈatʃɪsən//ˈeɪtʃɪsən/
Forms: Also 1600s acheson, achison.
Etymology: Scots pronunciation of Atkinson, name of the assay-master of the Edinburgh Mint in the beginning of James VI's reign. (Jamieson.)
Obsolete exc. Historical.
A copper coin, coated with silver, coined in the reign of James VI, equal in value to eight pennies Scots or two-thirds of an English penny.
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1600 R. Armin Foole vpon Foole sig. B4v A Sallet of an atchison price, which in our money is three farthings.
1681 S. Colvil Mock Poem i. 65 Achisons, Balbies and Placks.
1773 T. Ruddiman Introd. J. Anderson's Diplomata Scotiæ 137 The first whitish colour, which discovers itself in these atchisons, seems to indicate, that they are mixed with a little silver, or laid over with that metal.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online March 2021).
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