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▪ I. † patrick Obs.
[From the Christian name Patrick = L. Patrīcius, name of the patron saint of Ireland. Cf. Paddy, Pat.]
An Irish coin of the value of a halfpenny, current in the 17th century.
1673–4Cal. St. Papers Dom. 160 The priest says Mass, for which he demands and receives from all the communicants 4 patricks which makes 2d. English. 1688R. Holme Armoury iii. 30/2 A Patrick of Ireland..worth an half penny,..was Coined in the time of King Charles the Second Excile.
▪ II. patrick
Sc. and dial. variant of partridge. |