| 单词 | short-cross |
| 释义 | > as lemmasshort-cross short-cross n. (a) Printing ‘the shortest and also the broadest bar that divides a chase into quarters’ (Savage Dict. Printing, 1841); (b) Numismatics a cross with arms extending only to the inner circle of the coin; also attributive. ΘΚΠ society > communication > printing > composing equipment > [noun] > chase > parts of long cross1683 short-cross1683 random1888 society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > [noun] > obverse or reverse of coin > device stamped on > specific crossc1330 crouch1393 about-writingc1449 half-facea1549 legend1611 mill-rind1642 graining1664 adminicles1728 tressure1745 short-cross1870 long cross1904 1683 J. Moxon Mech. Exercises II. 35 [The Chase] hath two Crosses belonging to it, viz., A Short-Cross..and a Long-Cross. 1870 H. W. Henfrey Guide Eng. Coins ii. 23 Not many years ago there was much discussion whether these ‘short-cross pennies’, as they were called, belonged to the last coinage of Henry II, or the first issue of Henry III. 1904 C. L. Stainer Oxf. Silver Pennies (O.H.S.) 55 Short cross voided, each limb terminating in incurved segment of a circle. < as lemmas |
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