单词 | shere |
释义 | † sheren. Coining. Obsolete. = remedy n. 4; tolerance n. 4a. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > coining > [noun] > trial of purity or weight > permitted amount of deviation remedy1423 remeid1532 shere1566 toleration1887 1566 Acc. Exch. K.R., Bundle 305 No. 18 (7) Syluer of xj.oz. ij.d. wt fyne marked wt the portculles 1lb. wt founde at the sheare lx.s... At the assaye Standerd, viz. xj.oz. ij.d. wt fyne. 1617 F. Moryson Itinerary i. 280 The Mint-Master gave account before the Queene's Examiners for the money they coyned, as well by the tale (or number of the pieces) as by the sheere. For the coyning of gold, a certaine proportion of some eight graines in the ounce, was allowed to the Mint-Master in this account by the sheere. 1883 Encycl. Brit. XVI. 482/1 The deviation from the standard weight [of coins] permitted by law, now called the ‘remedy’, and anciently called the ‘shere’. 1883 Encycl. Brit. XVI. 482/1 (note) Two notable instances are recorded of the use that has been made at various times of the shere, or remedy, as a means of profit. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < n.1566 |
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