单词 | plack |
释义 | plack/plak/(also plock) noun Scottish and English regional ( northern ). A small billon coin issued by James III of Scotland; (also) a small copper coin current in Scotland in the 15th and 16th centuries worth four Scots pennies. Now historical. OriginLate 15th century (in an earlier sense). From Middle Dutch placke, plac small coin (originally Flemish) of varying value, current in the 14th–15th cent. (Dutch regional (Holland) †plak small coin, e.g. in 19th-cent. use in Amsterdam denoting a coin worth two and a half cents), transferred use of placke, plac stain, spot. The Middle Dutch word was also borrowed into other European languages; compare Middle Low German placke, plak small Flemish coin, also coin blank, Middle French, French plaque small Flemish coin, post-classical Latin placca, placka, plaka. |
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