单词 | zecchino |
释义 | zecchinon.α. 1500s–1600s zechine, 1500s–1600s zechyne, 1600s zeccheen, 1600s zecheen, 1600s zequi, 1600s–1700s zequin, 1600s–1700s zequine, 1600s–1800s zechin, 1600s– zecchin Brit. β. 1500s sechino, 1500s–1800s zechino, 1500s– zecchino, 1800s sechini (plural), 1800s– sechinis (plural). Now historical or archaic. A gold coin of a type minted by the Republic of Venice from the 13th cent., and until the 19th cent. widely used in trade and commerce throughout Europe, the eastern Mediterranean, and further afield; any of various similar coins minted elsewhere, esp. those produced to the same standards as the Venetian coin for the purpose of facilitating international trade; a ducat. Also occasionally more generally: †a coin; a piece of money (obsolete). Cf . chequin n., ducat n., sequin n. 1. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > foreign coins > [noun] > Italian or Sicilian coins florin1303 janec1386 ducatc1470 ouncec1520 bajoccoa1549 denara1549 julioa1549 zecchino1572 chequina1587 mocenigo1599 soldo1599 quattrino1605 gazet1607 lira1617 paolo1617 sequin1617 julet1632 betso1641 quadruple1655 scudoc1660 doppy1691 Venetian1698 carlin?1706 pentecontalitron1738 paul1767 crazia1805 centesimo1840 society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > foreign coins > [noun] > Turkish coins zecchino1572 serapha1576 manghir1585 chequina1587 asper1587 sultane1612 sultanina1613 sultanya1613 sherifi1615 piastre1617 sequin1617 sultana1656 sultaness1661 para1687 medjidie1855 kurus1882 metalik1895 α. β. 1595 A. Hartwell tr. G. T. Minadoi Hist. Warres Turkes & Persians sig. HHh2 (table) Cecchino, or Zecchino, a Venetian Duckate.1599 J. Lok in R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations (new ed.) II. i. 102 Euery Sechino is of venetian money eight liuers and two soldes.1617 F. Moryson Itinerary i. 88 The gold coyne of the Venetians is called Zecchino.1622 True Relation Affaires Europe 7 One of the Gentlemen of Venice,..was..wel gratified with a sufficient recompence of Zecchinos.1758 tr. J. G. Keyssler Trav. (new ed.) II. 59 A Zecchino, nine Livres thirteen Sols and a Half.1815 Daily National Intelligencer (Washington) 25 Sept. Each of them gave twenty sechini to King Theodore to buy shirts and clothes.1860 Hampshire Advertiser 12 May 3/2 On cleaning a gurnet, she found in its inside a Venetian zecchino, which she disposed of for 15s 2d.1956 Times 7 Apr. 9/2 The gold zecchino of the Venetian Republic.2004 S. Clarke Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell (2005) lx. 867 Aunt Greysteel had rented a house in Padua... It was very convenient for everywhere and only eighty sechinis a quarter.2013 Rijksmuseum Bull. 61 13/2 A statue the size of the Apollino..cost 400 zecchini in 1794.1572 W. Malim tr. N. Martinengo True Rep. Famagosta f. 13v I..gaue my selfe slaue to one Sangaccho del Bir, promising hym 500. Zechins [It. cechini] for my raunsome. 1575 G. Gascoigne Hundred Flowers in Wks. (1907) I. 77 Zechines of glistering golde, two thousand was his price. 1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage vii. iv. 564 Euery Zequi being sixteene ryalls, and with vs eight pence. 1617 F. Moryson Itinerary i. 276 In Turkey the gold zechines of Venice are most currant. a1701 H. Maundrell Journey Aleppo to Jerusalem (1703) 100 For which they pay the Turks a Rent of one Zequin a day. 1727 A. Hamilton New Acct. E. Indies I. 304 I presented the Officer..with five Zequeens. 1766 T. Smollett Trav. France & Italy II. xxx. 107 Two scudi make a zequine; and a French loui'dore is worth about two zequines. 1819 W. Scott Ivanhoe III. vi. 153 They would swear the mother that bore them a sorceress for a zecchin. 1841 R. Park Pantology xiv. vi. 483 The Italian zecchin, is worth about $2.30; and the Venetian pistole, $3.88... The Turkish piastre..is worth 37 cents; the zecchin, $1.35. 1857 J. Ruskin Polit. Econ. Art ii. 124 If you don't choose to submit to be cheated by them out of a ducat here and a zecchin there, you will be cheated by them out of your picture. 1960 Jrnl. Afr. Hist. 1 40 Mogadishu, it seems, may have imported Venetian zecchins. 2004 F. Falletti in S. Bracci Exploring David 63/1 Nerli asks for an estimate on Papi's work, recommending 100 zecchins for the difficulty of the operation that had to be carried out. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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