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zecchin|ˈzɛkɪn|
Forms: 6–7 zechine, 7 -yne, 8–9 zechin, (8 zeckin, zequeen), 7– zecchin, -ine.
[ad. It. zecchino, f. zecca the mint at Venice = Sp. seca, a. Arab. sekkah coin.]
A former gold coin of Venice and Turkey: = chequeen, sequin 1.
1575Gascoigne Flowers Wks. 1907 I. 77 Zechines of glistering golde, two thousand was his price. 1615G. Sandys Trav. 3 They pay tribute to the Turke, 14000 Zecchins yearely. 1617Moryson Itin. i. 88 The gold coyne of the Venetians is called Zecchino. Ibid. 276 In Turkey the gold zechines of Venice are most currant. 1702W. J. tr. Bruyn's Voy. Levant xl. 160 A Subsidy of 600000 Zechins; worth about seven Franks and a half a piece. 1727A. Hamilton New Acc. E. Ind. I. 304, I presented the Officer..with five Zequeens. 1789Mrs. Piozzi Journ. France I. 195 A zecchine will bend between your fingers. 1819Scott Ivanhoe xxxvi, They would swear the mother that bore them a sorceress for a zecchin. 1857Ruskin Pol. Econ. Art ii. (1868) 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. |