incuseadj.n.
/ɪnˈkjuːz/, /ɪŋˈkjuːz/, U.S. /ᵻnˈkjuz/, /ɪŋˈkjuz/ A. adj.
Hammered or stamped in: said of a figure or impression upon a coin or the like.
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society > communication > indication > marking > imprinting > [adjective] > with a stamp or device
incuse1818
struck1881
date-stamped1896
1818 R. P. Knight Symbolic Lang. (1876) 64 In the centre of an incuse square.
1826 in W. Hone Every-day Bk. (1827) II. 497 The carving is incuse.
1879 Lubbock in 19th Cent. VI. 795 On the one side is an incuse square or punch mark.
1886 Athenæum 27 Mar. 426/3 Mr. T. Jones communicated a paper on the rare didrachm with the owl on the obverse and incuse square diagonally divided on the reverse.
B. n.
A figure stamped in; an impression in intaglio upon a coin, etc.
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society > communication > indication > marking > imprinting > [noun] > imprint > of a stamp or device
printc1300
charactc1384
characterc1384
incuse1818
punching1838
rubber stamp1873
by-stamp1884
1818 R. P. Knight Symbolic Lang. (1876) 63 Antiquaries have supposed this incuse to be merely the impression of something put under the coin to make it receive the stroke of the die more steadily.
1866–7 G. Stephens Old-Northern Runic Monuments I. ii. 508 The incuse is visible on the back, and this is occasionally a great help when a particular rune has been injured on the front, for we can thus trace it more or less sharply on the other side, so leaflike is the metal.
1879 H. Phillips Addit. Notes upon Coins 7 The head of Proserpine in an incuse surrounded by dolphins.
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† incusev.1
Obsolete. rare. Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.
To accuse.
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the mind > attention and judgement > testing > accusation, charge > accuse [verb (intransitive)]
wrayc725
mean?c1225
accusec1384
surmise1528
incuse1570
object1611
appeacha1616
aggravate1672
finger-point1959
1570 P. Levens Manipulus Vocabulorum sig. Qii/1 To Incuse, incusare.
Derivatives
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the mind > attention and judgement > testing > accusation, charge > [noun]
acoupementc1300
accusinga1350
impeachment1387
accusementa1393
accusation?c1400
witingc1449
charge1477
impetition1530
threap1538
imputationa1586
deposition1587
impeach1591
insimulation1592
accusal1594
arraignment1595
taxation1605
arguing1611
tax1613
impositiona1616
tainture1621
incusation1623
touchinga1625
aggravation1626
accrimination1655
compellation1656
imputea1657
inculpation1798
finger-pointing1851
j'accuse1899
1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. Incusation, blaming.
1658 E. Phillips New World Eng. Words Incusation, a blaming or accusing.
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incusev.2
/ɪnˈkjuːz/, /ɪŋˈkjuːz/, U.S. /ᵻnˈkjuz/, /ɪŋˈkjuz/ transitive. To impress by stamping; to mark with an impressed figure. Chiefly in past participle (or participial adjective) inˈcused adj.
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society > communication > indication > marking > imprinting > imprint [verb (transitive)] > with stamp or device
printa1387
strike1551
stamp1564
incuse1864
date-stamp1893
rubber-stamp1893
1864 in Webster's Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang.
1876 H. N. Humphreys Coin Coll. Man. iv. 37 The reverse is incused with the impress of an amphora.
1879 H. Phillips Addit. Notes upon Coins 13 There are specimens of Sybaris and Metapentum, in Magna Grecia, known as the incused coinage.
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