| 单词 | quarter noble |
| 释义 | > as lemmasquarter noble quarter noble n. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > English coins > [noun] > noble or angel > quarter-noble farthing (of gold)1463 farthing-noble15.. quarter noble1577 1577 R. Holinshed Chron. II. 947/1 Before that time, there were no other coynes, but the Noble, halfe noble, and quarter noble. 1695 W. Lowndes Rep. Amendm. Silver Coins 35 A Pound Weight of Gold..was to contain Thirty nine Nobles and a Half..or a proportionable Number of Half-Nobles, and Quarter-Nobles. 1714 W. Nicolson Eng. Hist. Libr. (ed. 2) iii. vii. 259 In the first Year of this Reign [sc. of Henry the Sixth] the Rose-Nobles, Half-Nobles and Quarter-Nobles, changed their Name and Value. 1841 Times 15 Apr. 5/2 There are silver groats of Henry V., 1413–1422, struck at Calais; and gold nobles and quarter-nobles. 1992 Guardian (Nexis) 24 Oct. 53 Prospecting on his 53rd birthday he dug up a gold quarter noble, dropped from someone's purse when Edward III was on the throne. < as lemmas |
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