| 单词 | sterling stamp |
| 释义 | > as lemmassterling stamp a. Of silver: †Having the same degree of purity as the penny. (obsolete) Hence, in later use: Of standard quality. sterling mark, sterling stamp: the hallmark guaranteeing sterling quality.With the first quot. 1488-9 cf. quot. 1423 at sense A. 1a. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > metal > precious metal > [adjective] > silver > of standard quality sterling1488 society > communication > indication > marking > mark of quality > [noun] > on gold or silver touch1423 sterling stamp1684 hallmark1721 sterling mark1776 plate-mark1858 countermark- 1488–9 Act 4 Hen. VII c. 2 All suche fyne silver..shall be..made soo fyne that it may bere xij. peny weyght of alaye in a pound wight, And yet it be as good as sterlynge and rather better than worse. 1551 J. Williams Acct. Monastic Treasures (1836) 86 In grotes stricken wt harpes, the some of ml ml li, converted and made..of ml dcxxv li sterlinge siluer. 1677 W. Badcock Touch-stone Gold & Silver Wares 35 If it [plate] be worse then Starling it will appear Yellowish. 1681 London Gaz. No. 1632/4 Five Silver-Hilted Swords, the Hilts of which are found upon the Tryal, more then one Shilling in every Ounce worse than the Sterling. 1684 Earl of Roscommon Ess. Translated Verse 20 Before the Radiant Sun, a Glimmering Lamp; Adult'rate Mettals to the Sterling Stamp, Appear not meaner, than mere humane Lines, Compar'd with those whose Inspiration shines. 1723 London Gaz. No. 6134/4 Silver..Shooe-Clasps, mark'd Old Sterling. 1743 N. Tindal tr. P. Rapin de Thoyras Hist. Eng. (ed. 3) II. xvii. 157 A pound of old Sterling Silver [was coined] into Half-Shillings, [etc.]. 1776 A. Smith Inq. Wealth of Nations I. i. x. 151 The sterling mark upon plate, and the stamps upon..cloth, give the purchaser much greater security. View more context for this quotation < as lemmas |
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