Abbreviations. = Latin solidus and so used for shilling(s; †= scilicet, adv. n.; = second (of time).

A shilling. Obsolete.

A silver (subsequently cupro-nickel) coin of the value of 12 pence. First issued by Henry VII, in 1503. No longer in official use after the…

In England, A name applied first to the shilling of Henry VII, being the first English coin with a true portrait; also to those of Henry VIII, and…

A coin of this value, a shilling. Obsolete.

A shilling.

Of the value of, or amounting to, twelvepence. †twelvepenny piece, a shilling (obsolete).

= shilling, n.

slang (British, New Zealand, and Irish English). A shilling. Now historical and rare.

A coin worth twelve pence.

(a) a lioness (also figurative); †(b) slang (a punning altered name for) a shilling (obsolete).

slang. A shilling (? obsolete) or a sixpence.

Scottish (in form twalpenny). A twelvepenny piece, a shilling (Scots): see shilling, n. 1b. Hence twalpenny worth = twelve pennyworth.

A shilling.

slang. A shilling (see also quot. 1950). Now rare (chiefly Australian in later use).

little shilling, Cobbett's name for a proposed silver shilling of considerably reduced intrinsic value. Hence used by Macaulay in reference to a…

A shilling.

a shilling.

slang. (See quot. 1857.)

transferred. A shilling. slang.