单词 | quadrine |
释义 | † quadrinen.1 Obsolete. rare. A small copper coin; a farthing.Used esp. with reference to coins of the Classical period. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > English coins > [noun] > farthing farthingc950 ferlingc1000 quadransOE quarter1389 quadrantc1450 quatrinc1470 Q1530 quadrine1557 rag1592 qua1631 grig1657 Jack?c1690 fadge1789 daddler1900 1557 Bible (Whittingham) Mark xii. 42 And there came a certayne poore wydow, and she threw in two mytes which make a quadrin. 1579 T. North tr. Plutarch Liues 927 One of her Paramours sent her a purse ful of quadrynes (which are litle peeces of copper money) instead of siluer. a1602 W. Perkins Godly & Learned Expos. Serm. in Mount (1608) 106 This farthing, was the least coyne vsed among the Iewes, called a quadrin, which containeth two mytes. 1763 Compl. Compting-house Compan. vii. 131 The coins peculiar to Rome are the julios of silver, the pignatelle of billon, and the bayoco, demibayoco, and quadrine of copper. 1872 R. Morris Freemasonry in Holy Land xviii. 273 I gave him a para, which is about the value of the quadrin or mite of olden times. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online December 2020). † quadrinen.2 Astronomy. Obsolete. rare. Quartile aspect; = quadrature n. 3a. ΘΚΠ the world > the universe > planet > position of planet > aspect > [noun] > quadrature quarreurea1500 quartile1517 quadrate1555 quadrature1555 tetragona1626 quadrine1628 square1667 1628 G. Wither Britain's Remembrancer v. 1050 In Sextile, or in Quadrine, or in Trine. 1758 B. Donne Math. Ess. xxix. 195/1 Quadrine, Quartrine, Quartile. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online June 2020). < n.11557n.21628 |
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