refinagen.
/rᵻˈfʌɪnɪdʒ/, U.S. /rəˈfaɪnɪdʒ/, /riˈfaɪnɪdʒ/ Now rare.
The right of refining metals; (also) the action of refining.
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society > law > legal right > rights to do or use something > [noun] > right of refining metals
refinage1834
society > occupation and work > industry > working with specific materials > working with metal > [noun] > refining > right of refining
refinage1834
1834 Useful Tables: App. to Jrnl. Asiatic Soc. i. 7 The rates of seignorage at Bombay and Madras include the charge for refinage: for which a separate charge is made in the Calcutta and Saugur mints.
1842 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 51 56/2 The regent gave his bank the monopoly of tobacco, and the sole refinage of the gold and silver.
1859 F. Fiske tr. A. Thiers Mississippi Bubble iv. 93 The bank obtained..the sole right of refinage of gold and silver, and was finally erected into the Royal Bank of France.
1998 Notes & Rec. Royal Soc. 52 108 He refers to ‘my method of refining’, which appears to have been some form of electrolysis,..and there is a reference to refinage (voltaic).
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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