单词 | denier |
释义 | deniern.1 One who denies (in various senses of the verb). ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > disbelief, incredulity > [noun] > one who disbelieves denierc1475 deneger1583 incredule1599 infidel1606 disbeliever1648 exploder1659 inconvincible1845 the mind > possession > retaining > [noun] > keeping what is due to or desired by another > one who denierc1475 withholder1483 the mind > language > statement > denial or contradiction > [noun] > one who nitera1400 denierc1475 negant?1567 negator1805 negativist1861 c1475 (?c1400) Apol. Lollard Doctr. (1842) 99 And ȝet þey deny to men þe understonding of þe gospel..þei wel bi deniers [printed deneris]. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 212/2 Denyer of a thynge, escondisseur. 1558 J. Knox First Blast against Monstruous Regiment Women f. 49 Deniers of Christ Iesus. 1660 Bp. J. Taylor Ductor Dubitantium I. i. ii. Rule 3 §12 He must be a despiser of the world, a great denier of himself. 1741 W. Warburton Divine Legation Moses II. Ded. 23 The Deniers of a future State. 1866 G. Bancroft Hist. U.S. IX. xxvi. 447 One state disfranchised Jews..another deniers of the Trinity. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † deniern.2 Law. Obsolete. The act of denying or refusing. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > statement > refusal > [noun] > in law denier1532 denial1628 1532–3 Act 24 Hen. VIII c. 6 Any of the kynges subiectes, to whom any denyer of sale..shall be made. 1628 E. Coke 1st Pt. Inst. Lawes Eng. 153 b Without a demand there be no denier of the rent in law. 1642 J. March Argument Militia 24 This in effect, was a denier of Justice. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online December 2020). deniern.3 1. A French coin, the twelfth of the sou; originally, like the Roman denarius and English penny, of silver; but from 16th cent. a small copper coin. Hence (esp. in negative phrases) used as the type of a very small sum. Obsolete or archaic.Originally, from reign of Charlemagne till 12th cent., a silver coin of about 22 Troy grains or rather less than a pennyweight; from the 13th cent. to the reign of Charles IX (d. 1574), usually of billon or base silver (denier tournois), and weighing at different times from 10 to 14 grains; under Henry III (1574–89) it became a copper coin of about 22 grains (less than ⅔ of the current bronze farthing), and so continued till the death of Louis XIV. (B. V. Head.) ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > foreign coins > [noun] > French coins > other French coins denierc1425 Poitevina1475 blank1480 sousec1503 gigot1530 soulx1543 liarda1549 pistolor1550 obole1567 patard1583 double1586 whitea1634 sols1637 penny1656 centime1796 cent1810 sou1814 society > trade and finance > money > sum of money > [noun] > small sum parcelc1400 plack1530 dodkinc1555 triflec1595 denier1597 driblet1659 song1698 Flanders-fortune1699 pin money1702 doit1728 drab1828 picayune1838 sprat1883 shoestring1904 peanut1910 c1425 Wyntoun Cron. vi. v. 60 To þe kyrk ilka yhere Of Rome he heycht a denere To pay (a penny þat is to say). 1580 H. Gifford Posie of Gilloflowers ii. sig. Q.2v And in his purse, to serue his neede, Not one deneere he had. 1597 W. Shakespeare Richard III i. ii. 238 My Dukedome to a beggerly denier. I doe mistake my person all this while. View more context for this quotation 1607 T. Walkington Optick Glasse 45 Then liue in wealth and giue not a dinneere. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Denier, a penny, a deneere; a small copper coin valued at the tenth part of an English pennie; also, a pennie-weight, or 24 grains. a1670 J. Hacket Scrinia Reserata (1693) i. 104 The Lord Treasurer, I know well, had..not drawn a denier out of the King's purse. 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Denier, a French Brass-Coin, worth three Tenths of an English Farthing, of which Twelve make a Sols. Also a Penny-weight in Silver; thus an Ounce of Silver..is of 24 Deniers. 1873 E. E. Hale In his Name vi. 55 A slave whom I have bought with my deniers. 1876 R. Browning Pacchiarotto & Other Poems 79 Let the blind mole mine Digging out deniers! ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > classical coins > [noun] > ancient Roman > silver denarius denaryc1449 groat1526 denarius1579 denier1598 denar1701 1598 R. Grenewey tr. Tacitus Annales i. v. 9 The Pretorian bands, which receiued two deniers a day. 1606 P. Holland tr. Suetonius Hist. Twelve Caesars 66 Gallus his scribe, had receiued 500 deniers. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > measurement > measurement by weighing > [noun] > unit or denomination of weight > pennyweight pennyeOE denariusa1398 pennyweighta1398 sterling1474 denier1601 Easterling1614 weight1890 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. 79 Take of wild running Thyme the weight of two deniers..Ervil floure twelue deniers or drams. a1656 J. Ussher Ann. World (1658) 229 Counting here, as his manner everywhere is, a deneere, for a drachma. 1706 [see sense 1]. 4. A unit of weight used to estimate the fineness of silk, rayon, or nylon yarn. The unit is based on a length of 450 metres of yarn weighing 0·05 gramme. ΚΠ 1839 A. Ure Dict. Arts 1105 The first of these raw silks will have a titre of 20 to 24 deniers. 1858 P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products Denier,..in Italy, a small weight equal to about a grain, by which silk is weighed. 1887 Colonial & Indian Exhib., London 1886: Rep. Colonial Sections 341 The general sizes [of silk] seem to be 16 to 20 deniers, but it will range from about 10 to 24 deniers, single thread. 1927 T. Woodhouse Artificial Silk: Manuf. & Uses 78 Finally the hanks are weighed..to ascertain the denier count. 1952 Sunday Times 15 June 8/5 Denier is the thickness of the yarn: the lower the denier number, the finer the stocking. 1957 Times 30 Sept. 11/3 The makers claim that these 15-denier ‘Carefree’ nylons will outlast several ordinary pairs. 1960 Textile Terms & Defs. (ed. 4) 53 Denier, the weight in grammes of 9,000 metres of a filament or yarn. The denier system is used as the standard count for filament silk as well as for rayon, cellulose acetate, nylon and other man-made fibres. Derivatives denierer n. ΚΠ 1921 Dict. Occup. Terms (1927) § 149 Tester, silk; denierer, examiner; samples, weighs and tests artificial silk for quality when spun. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < |
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