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obole|ˈɒbəʊl|
[a. F. obole (13th c. in Littré), ad. L. obolus: see obolus.]
1. A small French coin orig. of silver, later of billon, in use from 10th to 15th c.; also called maille = ½ a denier.
1656Blount Glossogr., Obole (obolus), a Coyn, variable according to the Country, with us it is an halfpenny. 1830[E. Hawkins] Anglo-Fr. Coinage 47 The obole or half denier of Henry the Second.
†2. = obolus 3. Obs.
1601Holland Pliny II. 36 An obole or half a scruple. 1656Blount Glossogr., Obole... Also a halfpenny weight, twelve grains among Apothecaries, and fourteen among Mintmen and Goldsmiths. |