† gazetn.
Obsolete.
A Venetian coin of small value. The earliest quots. give its value as about three farthings, but Cotgrave says of the French gazette, ‘scarce worth our farthing’, and quot. 1682 agrees with this. Probably its worth varied in different places, as it was coined at Venice for circulation in the Levant.
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bajoccoa1549
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julioa1549
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chequina1587
mocenigo1599
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quattrino1605
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quadruple1655
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1607 B. Jonson Volpone ii. ii. sig. E2 What monstrous, and most painefull circumstance Is here, to get some three, or foure Gazets? Some three-pence, i'th whole, for that 'twill come too. View more context for this quotation
a1652 R. Brome Novella iii. i. sig. K8, in Five New Playes (1653) Ped. Take from my hand a peece of foure Gazetts. Pau. That's three pence sterling, you are bounteous sir.
1682 G. Wheler Journey into Greece i. 43 The owners sell the rest for two Gazets the pound, which is not a half-peny English.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online March 2021).
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