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unˈcoined, ppl. a. (un-1 8.)
1423Rolls of Parlt. IV. 256/2 Silver is bought and soold unkoyned atte pris of xxxii s. the pound of troie. c1550R. Bieston Bayte Fortune A vj, That tyme was I vncoyned, therfore man chaunge thy mynde To blame me of all euylles. 1555Eden Decades W. Ind. (Arb.) 290 The Ruthenians vse money vncoyned. 1625T. Godwin Moses & Aaron (1641) 269 Though at last they used coined money, yet at first they weighed their money, uncoined. 1696Lond. Gaz. No. 3238/3 A free Exportation of Gold and Silver, both coined and uncoined. 1715Leoni Palladio's Archit. (1742) II. 80 The first Money in Rome, was of Brass, and uncoined. 1790in Nairne Peerage Evidence (1874) 99 Gold & silver coined & uncoined. 1862Lond. Rev. 23 Aug. 175 All the mentions of money in the Bible before the Babylonian captivity may be explained as of uncoined money. 1886Pall Mall G. 12 June 9/2 The scarcity of the supply both of the coined and uncoined metal. fig.1599Shakes. Hen. V, v. ii. 164 While thou liu'st, deare Kate, take a fellow of plaine and vncoyned Constancie. |