specien.

Brit.

/ˈspiːʃiː/,

/ˈspiːʃi/,

/ˈspiːʃɪiː/, U.S.

/ˈspiʃi/,

/ˈspisi/

Etymology: < Latin speciē, ablative singular of speciēs species n., originally adopted in the phrase in speciē (see in n.²). So Middle Dutch and Dutch, Middle High German, Danish and Swedish specie.

I. In the phrase in specie.

a. In kind; in respect of kind; specifically.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > kind or sort > in respect of kind [phrase] > as opposed to individually

of a (certain) sortc1380

of (also in) (a certain) naturec1390

in specie1562

in a‥style1772

1562 W. Turner 2nd Pt. Herball f. 93^v Pitiusa is iudged to differ in spicie or kynde from the cypresse spourge.

1602 W. Watson Decacordon Ten Quodlibeticall Questions 66 Being of one and the selfe same kind in specie.

a1637 B. Jonson Timber 2714 in Wks. (1640) III They differ; but in specie: either in the kinde is absolute.

1672 R. Boyle Ess. Origine & Virtues Gems 119 The..substance..may be of so small specific gravity, as not to make the Gem at all heavier in specie than Crystal it self.

1704 J. Swift Tale of Tub iii. 86 A sort of Critick, not distinguisht in specie from the Former, but in Growth or Degree.

1743 D. Watson in tr. Horace Satires, Epist. & Art of Poetry Crit. Diss. p. xliii Casaubon therefore is guilty of a palpable Mistake, when he says that the Satires of Lucilius were wholly different in Specie from those of Ennius and Pacuvius.

1827 J. Bentham Rationale Judicial Evid. I. i. xi. 219 The power of the advocate, though in respect of intensity less in degree, is in specie the same with the power of the judge.

†b. In a manner or form properly belonging to a species or class; in respect of species, as opposed to individually. Obsolete.

ΚΠ

1620 H. Wotton Dispatch from Vienna 7 Sept. in Reliquiæ Wottonianæ (1685) 501 Whether visits of respect..being received in specie, should be paid in individuo.

1651 R. Baxter Plain Script. Proof Infants Church-membership & Baptism 105 Infants in specie (and not those numerically only) should not be forbidden to come.

†c. In respect of specific form or manner, as opposed to generally. Obsolete.

ΚΠ

1651 R. Baxter Plain Script. Proof Infants Church-membership & Baptism 302 I know meer circumstances are determined of but in general, and left to humane determination in Specie.

1670 R. Baxter Cure Church-div. 83 First, as a Papal Catholick Church... Secondly as particular Congregations in specie.

2. In the real, proper, precise, or actual form; without any kind of substitution. In later use only in Law.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > existence > reality or real existence or actuality > in the real or actual form [phrase]

in specie1551

in its proper specie1644

society > law > jurisprudence > jurisprudence [phrase] > without substitution

in specie1551

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > foundation in fact, validity > [adverb] > in its real form

in specie1551

uncorruptly1553

1551 T. Cranmer Answer S. Gardiner 182 As vnto the Jewes Christe was geuen in figures, so to vs he is gyven in specie, that is to say, in rei veritate, in his very nature.

1659 R. Baxter Key for Catholicks ii. iii. 431 It is not a Head, but this Head in specie, that is, the form of the Church, if any such be.

a1683 W. Scroggs Pract. Courts-leet (1728) 228 I should have my Things again in Specie, if they may be had.

1760 G. Gilbert Cases Law & Equity 400 If the Chattel itself be by the Agreement to be returned in specie, he can only be said to detain it from me unjustly.

1818 W. Cruise Digest Laws Eng. Real Prop. (ed. 2) I. 235 The covenant will be decreed to be performed in specie.

1887 Law Rep.: Chancery Div. 34 139 The widow is..to possess the leaseholds in specie during her lifetime.

†a. In the actual coin specified. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > in coin [phrase] > in the coin specified

in specie1615

1615 in R. F. Williams Birch's Court & Times James I (1848) (modernized text) I. 370 Having, besides other gold, above seven thousand Jacobus pieces in specie.

1630 tr. G. Botero Relations Famous Kingdomes World (rev. ed.) 209 To pay a Rose-noble of gold, not only in value, but in specie for their passage.

†b. Of coin or money: In the actual form of minted pieces of metal. Obsolete.

ΚΠ

1617 F. Moryson Itinerary i. 276 In respect of the foresaid difficulties to export coyne In specie, that is in the kinde.

1622 G. de Malynes Consuetudo 477 That the imaginarie moneys..do ouerrule the course and propertie of Reall and Substantiall moneys in specie.

1692 J. Locke Some Considerations Lowering Interest 159 Our Coin..; Whether we send it in Specie, or whether we melt it down here, to send it in Bullion.

1714 Rep. Publick Accompts Kingdom 60 By which Means the ancient Method of paying Money in Specie into the Exchequer hath been much laid aside, and a great Part of the Revenue of the Kingdom received in Bank Notes.

c. Of sums or amounts: In actual coin; in money. (Cf. 6.)

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > in coin [phrase]

in specie1636

1636–7 in R. F. Williams Birch's Court & Times Charles I (1848) (modernized text) II. 264 The other third, by the agreement, was to go over to Dunkirk in specie.

1669 J. Dryden Wild Gallant i. i. 11 But, besides the Land here mentioned, he has wealth in specie.

1713 J. Addison in Guardian 29 July 2/2 All Play-debts must be paid in Specie, or by an Equivalent.

1756 W. Toldervy Hist. Two Orphans II. 124 That I am poor, is very certain, having in specie only the sum of ten-pence half-penny.

1870 Pall Mall Gaz. 23 Sept. 9/1 With forty first-class cabin passengers and 156,395 dols. in specie.

1871 C. Davies Metric Syst. iii. 113 As the balances..could be paid for only in specie.

†4.

a. Of goods or commodities: In kind. (See kind n. Phrases 1c(c)) Obsolete.

ΚΠ

1626 J. Mead Let. 24 July in R. F. Williams Birch's Court & Times Charles I (1848) (modernized text) I. 131 Nor will the country pay money instead of viands in specie.

1699 Laws Nevis (1740) xxiv. 19 All Masters of Ships..shall pay..One Pound of Pistol Powder (in Specie) for each and every Ton.

1738 Hist. View Court of Exchequer ii. 28 When they did not deliver their Goods in Specie to the King.

†b. transferred. Of requital or repayment: In a similar fashion; with like treatment. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > relationship > similarity > [adverb]

ylikeeOE

alsoOE

with likec1175

swilk12..

in (also on and without preposition) like mannerc1330

in semblable case(s, in case(s semblable1390

item1398

in likec1400

semblably1420

in like wise1422

likelya1425

likewisec1443

alikewisec1450

ylikedealc1450

in like casea1459

ylikewise1460

otherwaysc1485

semblable1490

sic-like1513

like1529

seemably1535

likeways1551

agreeably1561

fellowlikea1569

alliably1593

likewisely1605

in specie1632

similarly1657

resemblingly1661

kindredly1765

evenwise1866

1632 Story Bks. Little Gidding 180 She shall..requite her parents in specie, as Merchants speak, when the payment is made in the self-same Coine.

1678 S. Butler Hudibras: Third Pt. iii. ii. 183 This Worthy, as the World will say, Is paid in specie, his own way.

1702 Eng. Theophrastus 93 Kindnesses are to be paid in Specie as well as Money.

1766 H. Brooke Fool of Quality II. xii. 287 My husband..loved me with passion; and, as I could not pay him in specie, I endeavoured to supply my want of affection..by my attention.

II. In general use.

†5. Form. in its proper specie, = sense 2. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > existence > reality or real existence or actuality > in the real or actual form [phrase]

in specie1551

in its proper specie1644

1644 Doc. Lett. Pat. at Oxf. (1837) 123 The Moneyes..to be of the same specie, weight, and goodnesse as his Majestys Moneys in the Tower of London.

1698 in Colonial Rec. Pennsylvania (1852) I. 543 That everything you have taken by virtue of the warrant of Replevin, be forth coming in its proper specie.

6. Coin; coined money. (Cf. 3c) †Also, a commodity serving as a means of exchange or trade.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > money > [noun] > as a commodity

specie1671

moneya1687

short-money1865

society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > [noun]

mintOE

moneya1325

coin1393

ready money1429

plate?a1439

coinage1467

cunyec1480

cogc1555

table money1565

chinks1577

cash1596

speciesa1618

spetia1620

specie1671

coliander seed1699

coriander-seed1737

shiners1760

jinkc1775

decimal coinage1794

coriander1801

hard currency1816

rowdy1831

Oscar Asche1905

1671 in 9th Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS (1883) App. II. 13/2 Unpurged brown [sugar], being the specie of the country [Barbadoes], pays for the exports from the kingdom.

1710 True Acct. Last Distemper T. Whigg ii. 19 A Bung-Cart [perh. read Dung-Cart], drawn by an Ox and an Ass, and laden with Specie and Exchequer Bills, to purchase Country Votes.

1749 T. Smollett tr. A. R. Le Sage Gil Blas IV. x. x. 67 I sometimes kissed the species, and contemplated the different pieces with..rapture.

1794 Abbé Mann in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eminent Literary Men (1843) (Camden) 440 They have plundered the Nation..and consequently must possess an immense quantity of specie.

1848 J. S. Mill Princ. Polit. Econ. II. iii. xiii. §1 74 Up to this point, the effects of a paper currency are substantially the same, whether it be convertible into specie or not.

1864 F. C. Bowen Treat. Logic ix. 274 Money may mean either specie, or bank-notes, or currency consisting of a mixture of these two.

figurative.1709 D. Manley Secret Mem. 239 He saw Promises were no longer a Specie that would pass current with Zara.1806 H. Siddons Maid, Wife, & Widow I. 241 Affection is a current coin: every other specie is an infamous alloy.1864 J. R. Lowell Fireside Trav. 107 All of whose wits were about him, current, and redeemable in the specie of action.

†a. A subordinate division. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > wholeness > incompleteness > part of whole > [noun] > one of the parts into which anything is divided > a subdivision

subdivisiona1450

subsection1621

subdichotomy1644

subdivider1654

specie1670

underpart1711

1670 J. Moxon Pract. Perspective 1 This Specie of Perspective is many times (alone) called the Opticks.

1750 W. Beawes Lex Mercatoria (1752) 6 The laws [of trade]..which are long since become a Specie of the law of nations.

b. Species; kind. Now Obsolete except as an inferred singular of species n. 10.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > kind or sort > [noun]

kindeOE

i-cundeOE

mannera1225

jetc1330

colour1340

hair1387

estrete1393

gendera1398

hedea1400

savourc1400

stockc1450

toucha1500

rate1509

barrel1542

suit1548

fashion1562

special1563

stamp1573

family1598

garb1600

espece1602

kidney1602

bran1610

formality1610

editiona1627

make1660

cast1673

tour1702

way1702

specie1711

tenor1729

ilk1790

genre1816

stripe1853

persuasion1855

1711 London Gaz. No. 4874/4 To prepare a List of each respective Specie [of bills] which they intend to Subscribe.

1738 G. Smith Curious Relations II. 558 Such Men who are Plagues to their own Specie.

1747 Fool (1748) II. 141 Our Hero made Divinities, though of a peculiar Specie.

1800 C. Sturt in Naval Chron. 4 396 A very large specie of gull.

1810 Splendid Follies III. 193 Such is the specie of game after which Nettletop is now in search.

1858 in J. R. Bartlett Dict. Americanisms (1859) 432 The size of the trap,..and the nature of the bait, depends upon the specie of the animal hunted for.

1974 A. Scott-James Sissinghurst vi. 74 There are..thickets of specie roses in many odd corners.

1974 Country Life 25 Apr. 1033/2 (advt.) We specialise in Roses (specie & old-fashioned).

1980 Daily Tel. 22 Jan. 11/2 Castrated rats and other animals live longer than normal creatures of the specie.

1980 Pan Am Clipper Oct. 48/1 Is he [sc. man] descended directly from apes, or is he a specie that evolved from an entirely new..branch of the primate tree?

Compounds

C1. attributive (in sense 6), as specie †(bank)-bill, †specie bank-note, †specie book, specie issue, †specie note, specie parcel, specie payment, specie value.

ΚΠ

1696 London Gaz. No. 3242/4 A Specie Bank Note for 300 l. payable to John Norton.

1697 London Gaz. No. 3361/4 A Specie Bank-Bill..for 100 l. payable to Jonathan Tabor.

1697 N. Luttrell Diary in Brief Hist. Relation State Affairs (1857) IV. 267 They will allow no other interest on specie notes then 2d. per day per cent.

1700 G. Brown (title) Specie Book, serving to turne any number of pieces of Silver to pounds Scots or Sterling.

1786 R. King Life & Corr. (1894) I. 5 Reducing the price of the article..by the scale of its specie value.

1803 Edinb. Rev. Apr. 107 To recommend the perpetual stoppage of specie issues at the Bank.

1845 J. R. McCulloch Treat. Taxation ii. xii. 367 The value of gold was itself raised by the return to specie payments.

1884 Illustr. London News 11 Oct. 342/1 Daily conveyance of ordinary and specie parcels.

C2.

specie jar n. a large glass or china jar formerly used for storage in chemists' shops and now used only for display.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > equipment > receptacle or container > vessel > jar > [noun] > chemist's jar

specie jar1914

1914 Notes & Queries 14 Feb. 127/1 The well-known ‘specie jars’ of chemists' shops.

1929 C. J. S. Thompson Myst. Apothecary xix. 257 The large cylindrical vessels called ‘specie jars’, with metal or gilded lids, that still decorate some of the chemists' shop-windows.

specie point n. = gold point n. at gold n.¹ and adj. Compounds 1e.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > financial dealings > types of money-dealing > [noun] > money-changing > rate of exchange > rate advisable for export

specie point1861

gold point1882

1861 G. J. Goschen Theory Foreign Exchanges iv. 50 There would have existed a certain competition..to buy at a heavy discount, much below specie point, in order subsequently to realize at least the specie value.

1891 G. Clare Money-market Primer 78 The price of bills is now said to have reached ‘Specie Point’ and can go no higher... ‘Specie Point’..is the rate of exchange produced by buying gold in one country, and selling it in another.

1897 J. S. Nicholson Polit. Econ. II. 279 Accordingly, the price of bills cannot rise above the point at which it would be just as cheap to send the gold itself. This is the specie point or, more precisely, the gold-export point from England into France.

1920 J. W. Kuhrt Counting-house Dict. 129 The limits to such fluctuations are set by what are known as the gold (or specie) points.

1966 A. Gilpin Dict. Econ. Terms 190 Specie points or Gold points, the extreme points of variation in a rate of exchange under the gold standard.

specie-room n. a strong-room on a ship in which gold coin was deposited.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > money > place for keeping money > treasury > [noun] > treasure-chamber > in a ship

specie-room1891

1891 Scribner's Mag. Nov. 603/2 In these days of heavy gold shipments, the specie-room on the steamship is a very important institution.

a1929 R. Bedford in W. Murdoch & H. Drake-Brockman Austral. Short Stories (1951) 100 I'll bring dynamite..and blow the specie-room open..and haul out the gold-boxes.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	specie
释义	specien. Brit. /ˈspiːʃiː/, /ˈspiːʃi/, /ˈspiːʃɪiː/, U.S. /ˈspiʃi/, /ˈspisi/ Etymology: < Latin speciē, ablative singular of speciēs species n., originally adopted in the phrase in speciē (see in n.²). So Middle Dutch and Dutch, Middle High German, Danish and Swedish specie. I. In the phrase in specie. 1. a. In kind; in respect of kind; specifically. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > kind or sort > in respect of kind [phrase] > as opposed to individually of a (certain) sortc1380 of (also in) (a certain) naturec1390 in specie1562 in a‥style1772 1562 W. Turner 2nd Pt. Herball f. 93^v Pitiusa is iudged to differ in spicie or kynde from the cypresse spourge. 1602 W. Watson Decacordon Ten Quodlibeticall Questions 66 Being of one and the selfe same kind in specie. a1637 B. Jonson Timber 2714 in Wks. (1640) III They differ; but in specie: either in the kinde is absolute. 1672 R. Boyle Ess. Origine & Virtues Gems 119 The..substance..may be of so small specific gravity, as not to make the Gem at all heavier in specie than Crystal it self. 1704 J. Swift Tale of Tub iii. 86 A sort of Critick, not distinguisht in specie from the Former, but in Growth or Degree. 1743 D. Watson in tr. Horace Satires, Epist. & Art of Poetry Crit. Diss. p. xliii Casaubon therefore is guilty of a palpable Mistake, when he says that the Satires of Lucilius were wholly different in Specie from those of Ennius and Pacuvius. 1827 J. Bentham Rationale Judicial Evid. I. i. xi. 219 The power of the advocate, though in respect of intensity less in degree, is in specie the same with the power of the judge. †b. In a manner or form properly belonging to a species or class; in respect of species, as opposed to individually. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1620 H. Wotton Dispatch from Vienna 7 Sept. in Reliquiæ Wottonianæ (1685) 501 Whether visits of respect..being received in specie, should be paid in individuo. 1651 R. Baxter Plain Script. Proof Infants Church-membership & Baptism 105 Infants in specie (and not those numerically only) should not be forbidden to come. †c. In respect of specific form or manner, as opposed to generally. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1651 R. Baxter Plain Script. Proof Infants Church-membership & Baptism 302 I know meer circumstances are determined of but in general, and left to humane determination in Specie. 1670 R. Baxter Cure Church-div. 83 First, as a Papal Catholick Church... Secondly as particular Congregations in specie. 2. In the real, proper, precise, or actual form; without any kind of substitution. In later use only in Law. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > existence > reality or real existence or actuality > in the real or actual form [phrase] in specie1551 in its proper specie1644 society > law > jurisprudence > jurisprudence [phrase] > without substitution in specie1551 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > foundation in fact, validity > [adverb] > in its real form in specie1551 uncorruptly1553 1551 T. Cranmer Answer S. Gardiner 182 As vnto the Jewes Christe was geuen in figures, so to vs he is gyven in specie, that is to say, in rei veritate, in his very nature. 1659 R. Baxter Key for Catholicks ii. iii. 431 It is not a Head, but this Head in specie, that is, the form of the Church, if any such be. a1683 W. Scroggs Pract. Courts-leet (1728) 228 I should have my Things again in Specie, if they may be had. 1760 G. Gilbert Cases Law & Equity 400 If the Chattel itself be by the Agreement to be returned in specie, he can only be said to detain it from me unjustly. 1818 W. Cruise Digest Laws Eng. Real Prop. (ed. 2) I. 235 The covenant will be decreed to be performed in specie. 1887 Law Rep.: Chancery Div. 34 139 The widow is..to possess the leaseholds in specie during her lifetime. 3. †a. In the actual coin specified. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > in coin [phrase] > in the coin specified in specie1615 1615 in R. F. Williams Birch's Court & Times James I (1848) (modernized text) I. 370 Having, besides other gold, above seven thousand Jacobus pieces in specie. 1630 tr. G. Botero Relations Famous Kingdomes World (rev. ed.) 209 To pay a Rose-noble of gold, not only in value, but in specie for their passage. †b. Of coin or money: In the actual form of minted pieces of metal. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1617 F. Moryson Itinerary i. 276 In respect of the foresaid difficulties to export coyne In specie, that is in the kinde. 1622 G. de Malynes Consuetudo 477 That the imaginarie moneys..do ouerrule the course and propertie of Reall and Substantiall moneys in specie. 1692 J. Locke Some Considerations Lowering Interest 159 Our Coin..; Whether we send it in Specie, or whether we melt it down here, to send it in Bullion. 1714 Rep. Publick Accompts Kingdom 60 By which Means the ancient Method of paying Money in Specie into the Exchequer hath been much laid aside, and a great Part of the Revenue of the Kingdom received in Bank Notes. c. Of sums or amounts: In actual coin; in money. (Cf. 6.) ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > in coin [phrase] in specie1636 1636–7 in R. F. Williams Birch's Court & Times Charles I (1848) (modernized text) II. 264 The other third, by the agreement, was to go over to Dunkirk in specie. 1669 J. Dryden Wild Gallant i. i. 11 But, besides the Land here mentioned, he has wealth in specie. 1713 J. Addison in Guardian 29 July 2/2 All Play-debts must be paid in Specie, or by an Equivalent. 1756 W. Toldervy Hist. Two Orphans II. 124 That I am poor, is very certain, having in specie only the sum of ten-pence half-penny. 1870 Pall Mall Gaz. 23 Sept. 9/1 With forty first-class cabin passengers and 156,395 dols. in specie. 1871 C. Davies Metric Syst. iii. 113 As the balances..could be paid for only in specie. †4. a. Of goods or commodities: In kind. (See kind n. Phrases 1c(c)) Obsolete. ΚΠ 1626 J. Mead Let. 24 July in R. F. Williams Birch's Court & Times Charles I (1848) (modernized text) I. 131 Nor will the country pay money instead of viands in specie. 1699 Laws Nevis (1740) xxiv. 19 All Masters of Ships..shall pay..One Pound of Pistol Powder (in Specie) for each and every Ton. 1738 Hist. View Court of Exchequer ii. 28 When they did not deliver their Goods in Specie to the King. †b. transferred. Of requital or repayment: In a similar fashion; with like treatment. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > similarity > [adverb] ylikeeOE alsoOE with likec1175 swilk12.. in (also on and without preposition) like mannerc1330 in semblable case(s, in case(s semblable1390 item1398 in likec1400 semblably1420 in like wise1422 likelya1425 likewisec1443 alikewisec1450 ylikedealc1450 in like casea1459 ylikewise1460 otherwaysc1485 semblable1490 sic-like1513 like1529 seemably1535 likeways1551 agreeably1561 fellowlikea1569 alliably1593 likewisely1605 in specie1632 similarly1657 resemblingly1661 kindredly1765 evenwise1866 1632 Story Bks. Little Gidding 180 She shall..requite her parents in specie, as Merchants speak, when the payment is made in the self-same Coine. 1678 S. Butler Hudibras: Third Pt. iii. ii. 183 This Worthy, as the World will say, Is paid in specie, his own way. 1702 Eng. Theophrastus 93 Kindnesses are to be paid in Specie as well as Money. 1766 H. Brooke Fool of Quality II. xii. 287 My husband..loved me with passion; and, as I could not pay him in specie, I endeavoured to supply my want of affection..by my attention. II. In general use. †5. Form. in its proper specie, = sense 2. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > existence > reality or real existence or actuality > in the real or actual form [phrase] in specie1551 in its proper specie1644 1644 Doc. Lett. Pat. at Oxf. (1837) 123 The Moneyes..to be of the same specie, weight, and goodnesse as his Majestys Moneys in the Tower of London. 1698 in Colonial Rec. Pennsylvania (1852) I. 543 That everything you have taken by virtue of the warrant of Replevin, be forth coming in its proper specie. 6. Coin; coined money. (Cf. 3c) †Also, a commodity serving as a means of exchange or trade. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > [noun] > as a commodity specie1671 moneya1687 short-money1865 society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > [noun] mintOE moneya1325 coin1393 ready money1429 plate?a1439 coinage1467 cunyec1480 cogc1555 table money1565 chinks1577 cash1596 speciesa1618 spetia1620 specie1671 coliander seed1699 coriander-seed1737 shiners1760 jinkc1775 decimal coinage1794 coriander1801 hard currency1816 rowdy1831 Oscar Asche1905 1671 in 9th Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS (1883) App. II. 13/2 Unpurged brown [sugar], being the specie of the country [Barbadoes], pays for the exports from the kingdom. 1710 True Acct. Last Distemper T. Whigg ii. 19 A Bung-Cart [perh. read Dung-Cart], drawn by an Ox and an Ass, and laden with Specie and Exchequer Bills, to purchase Country Votes. 1749 T. Smollett tr. A. R. Le Sage Gil Blas IV. x. x. 67 I sometimes kissed the species, and contemplated the different pieces with..rapture. 1794 Abbé Mann in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eminent Literary Men (1843) (Camden) 440 They have plundered the Nation..and consequently must possess an immense quantity of specie. 1848 J. S. Mill Princ. Polit. Econ. II. iii. xiii. §1 74 Up to this point, the effects of a paper currency are substantially the same, whether it be convertible into specie or not. 1864 F. C. Bowen Treat. Logic ix. 274 Money may mean either specie, or bank-notes, or currency consisting of a mixture of these two. figurative.1709 D. Manley Secret Mem. 239 He saw Promises were no longer a Specie that would pass current with Zara.1806 H. Siddons Maid, Wife, & Widow I. 241 Affection is a current coin: every other specie is an infamous alloy.1864 J. R. Lowell Fireside Trav. 107 All of whose wits were about him, current, and redeemable in the specie of action. 7. †a. A subordinate division. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > incompleteness > part of whole > [noun] > one of the parts into which anything is divided > a subdivision subdivisiona1450 subsection1621 subdichotomy1644 subdivider1654 specie1670 underpart1711 1670 J. Moxon Pract. Perspective 1 This Specie of Perspective is many times (alone) called the Opticks. 1750 W. Beawes Lex Mercatoria (1752) 6 The laws [of trade]..which are long since become a Specie of the law of nations. b. Species; kind. Now Obsolete except as an inferred singular of species n. 10. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > kind or sort > [noun] kindeOE i-cundeOE mannera1225 jetc1330 colour1340 hair1387 estrete1393 gendera1398 hedea1400 savourc1400 stockc1450 toucha1500 rate1509 barrel1542 suit1548 fashion1562 special1563 stamp1573 family1598 garb1600 espece1602 kidney1602 bran1610 formality1610 editiona1627 make1660 cast1673 tour1702 way1702 specie1711 tenor1729 ilk1790 genre1816 stripe1853 persuasion1855 1711 London Gaz. No. 4874/4 To prepare a List of each respective Specie [of bills] which they intend to Subscribe. 1738 G. Smith Curious Relations II. 558 Such Men who are Plagues to their own Specie. 1747 Fool (1748) II. 141 Our Hero made Divinities, though of a peculiar Specie. 1800 C. Sturt in Naval Chron. 4 396 A very large specie of gull. 1810 Splendid Follies III. 193 Such is the specie of game after which Nettletop is now in search. 1858 in J. R. Bartlett Dict. Americanisms (1859) 432 The size of the trap,..and the nature of the bait, depends upon the specie of the animal hunted for. 1974 A. Scott-James Sissinghurst vi. 74 There are..thickets of specie roses in many odd corners. 1974 Country Life 25 Apr. 1033/2 (advt.) We specialise in Roses (specie & old-fashioned). 1980 Daily Tel. 22 Jan. 11/2 Castrated rats and other animals live longer than normal creatures of the specie. 1980 Pan Am Clipper Oct. 48/1 Is he [sc. man] descended directly from apes, or is he a specie that evolved from an entirely new..branch of the primate tree? Compounds C1. attributive (in sense 6), as specie †(bank)-bill, †specie bank-note, †specie book, specie issue, †specie note, specie parcel, specie payment, specie value. ΚΠ 1696 London Gaz. No. 3242/4 A Specie Bank Note for 300 l. payable to John Norton. 1697 London Gaz. No. 3361/4 A Specie Bank-Bill..for 100 l. payable to Jonathan Tabor. 1697 N. Luttrell Diary in Brief Hist. Relation State Affairs (1857) IV. 267 They will allow no other interest on specie notes then 2d. per day per cent. 1700 G. Brown (title) Specie Book, serving to turne any number of pieces of Silver to pounds Scots or Sterling. 1786 R. King Life & Corr. (1894) I. 5 Reducing the price of the article..by the scale of its specie value. 1803 Edinb. Rev. Apr. 107 To recommend the perpetual stoppage of specie issues at the Bank. 1845 J. R. McCulloch Treat. Taxation ii. xii. 367 The value of gold was itself raised by the return to specie payments. 1884 Illustr. London News 11 Oct. 342/1 Daily conveyance of ordinary and specie parcels. C2. specie jar n. a large glass or china jar formerly used for storage in chemists' shops and now used only for display. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > receptacle or container > vessel > jar > [noun] > chemist's jar specie jar1914 1914 Notes & Queries 14 Feb. 127/1 The well-known ‘specie jars’ of chemists' shops. 1929 C. J. S. Thompson Myst. Apothecary xix. 257 The large cylindrical vessels called ‘specie jars’, with metal or gilded lids, that still decorate some of the chemists' shop-windows. specie point n. = gold point n. at gold n.¹ and adj. Compounds 1e. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > financial dealings > types of money-dealing > [noun] > money-changing > rate of exchange > rate advisable for export specie point1861 gold point1882 1861 G. J. Goschen Theory Foreign Exchanges iv. 50 There would have existed a certain competition..to buy at a heavy discount, much below specie point, in order subsequently to realize at least the specie value. 1891 G. Clare Money-market Primer 78 The price of bills is now said to have reached ‘Specie Point’ and can go no higher... ‘Specie Point’..is the rate of exchange produced by buying gold in one country, and selling it in another. 1897 J. S. Nicholson Polit. Econ. II. 279 Accordingly, the price of bills cannot rise above the point at which it would be just as cheap to send the gold itself. This is the specie point or, more precisely, the gold-export point from England into France. 1920 J. W. Kuhrt Counting-house Dict. 129 The limits to such fluctuations are set by what are known as the gold (or specie) points. 1966 A. Gilpin Dict. Econ. Terms 190 Specie points or Gold points, the extreme points of variation in a rate of exchange under the gold standard. specie-room n. a strong-room on a ship in which gold coin was deposited. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > place for keeping money > treasury > [noun] > treasure-chamber > in a ship specie-room1891 1891 Scribner's Mag. Nov. 603/2 In these days of heavy gold shipments, the specie-room on the steamship is a very important institution. a1929 R. Bedford in W. Murdoch & H. Drake-Brockman Austral. Short Stories (1951) 100 I'll bring dynamite..and blow the specie-room open..and haul out the gold-boxes. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online March 2022). > see also also refers to : specie-comb. form < n.1551 see also
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