单词 | nummary |
释义 | † nummaryadj. Obsolete. 1. = nummulary adj. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > [adjective] nummary1603 monetarian1716 numismarian1716 numismatical1716 nummulary1767 numismatic1792 1603 P. Holland in tr. Plutarch Morals (Obscure words) sig. Aaaaaa 1v/1 Talent Atticke (as well as ponderall which was weighed, as numerall or nummarie, counted in mony) was of two sortes. 1660 E. Waterhouse Disc. Arms & Armory 31 They allowed none participants with them on ordinary and nummary accounts. 1740 W. Douglass Disc. Currencies Brit. Plantations in Amer. 5 All over Europe for many Ages preceding the 14th Century, the nummary Pound, and the Ponderal or Pound Weight of Silver were the same. 1810 G. Chalmers Caledonia II. i. 37 Alexander III followed the nummary example of Alexander I. 1817 R. Ruding Ann. Coinage Brit. I. 112 He is of opinion that they borrowed their Money Pound from the Greeks, and their nummary language from the Romans. 1837 Penny Cycl. VII. 329/2 It was then, as it still is, the 240th part of the nummary pound. 2. Of a person: dealing or occupied with coinage or money. rare. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > [adjective] > dealing with coins nummary1695 1695 W. Kennett Parochial Antiq. iv. 12 Nummary Authors observe, that a Castle or wall'd City was the pourtraicture of a Roman Colony. 1808 ‘P. Plymley’ Eighth, Ninth & Last Let. viii. 16 Indignity to George Rose would be felt by the smallest nummary gentleman in the King's employ. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < adj.1603 |
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