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▪ I. † shere Coining. Obs.
Also 6 shiare, 7 sheere.
[Prob. a use of shear n.2]
= remedy n. 4; tolerance n. 4 a.
1566Acc. Exch. K.R., Bundle 305 No. 18 (7) Syluer of xj.oz. ij.d. wt fyne marked wt the portculles 1lb. wt founde at the sheare lx.s... At the assaye Standerd, viz. xj.oz. ij.d. wt fyne. 1617Moryson Itin. i. 280 The Mint-Master gave account before the Queene's Examiners for the money they coyned, as well by the tale (or number of the pieces) as by the sheere. For the coyning of gold, a certaine proportion of some eight graines in the ounce, was allowed to the Mint-Master in this account by the sheere. 1883Encycl. Brit. XVI. 482/1 The deviation from the standard weight [of coins] permitted by law, now called the ‘remedy’, and anciently called the ‘shere’. Ibid. note, Two notable instances are recorded of the use that has been made at various times of the shere, or remedy, as a means of profit.
▪ II. shere
obs. form of shear, sheer, shire. |