| 单词 | a shilling, pound of groats |
| 释义 | > as lemmasa shilling, pound of groats 1. Historical. A denomination of coin (in medieval Latin grossus, French gros, Italian grosso, Middle Dutch groot) which was recognized from the 13th cent. in various countries of Europe. Its standard seems to have been in the 14th cent. theoretically one-eighth of an ounce of silver; but its actual intrinsic value varied greatly in different countries and at different periods. (The adoption of the Dutch or Flemish form of the word into English shows that the ‘groat’ of the Low Countries had circulated here before a coin of that denomination was issued by the English sovereigns.) †a shilling, pound of groats: a Flemish money of account bearing the same proportion to the ordinary ‘shilling’ or ‘pound’ as the groat or ‘thick penny’ did to the ordinary penny. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > foreign coins > [noun] > other European groata1387 markc1475 Philip?1482 caroline1555 sol1583 gross1638 obolus1761 tenpenny1822 ECU1970 a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1876) VI. 259 Þe groot turoney is somwhat lasse worþy þan an Englische groote. 1480 Table Prouffytable Lernynge (Caxton) (1964) 42 Qvyntyne the tollar Hath taken of me A pound of grotes [Fr. vng liure de gros] More than he ought to take Of right tolle. c1503 Beuys of Southhamptowne (Pynson) 3472 Beuys gaue that man for his tydynge Of grotes twenty shelynge. 1543 R. Record Ground of Artes i. sig. M.viiiv A flemmysshe grote is lytle aboue 3 farthynges Englysshe. < as lemmas |
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