| Coin (coin) |
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| n. | (koin) |
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| Coin |
| [F. coin,
formerly also coing, wedge, stamp, corner, fr. L.
cuneus wedge; prob. akin to E. cone, hone.
See Hone, , and cf. Coigne,
Quoin, Cuneiform.] |
A quoin;
a corner or external angle; a wedge. See Coigne, and
Quoin.
A piece of metal on which certain
characters are stamped by government authority, making it legally
current as money; -- much used in a collective sense.
That which serves for payment or
recompense.
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To make of
a definite fineness, and convert into coins, as a mass of metal]
to mint; to manufacture; as, to coin silver dollars; to
coin a medal.
To make or fabricate; to invent; to
originate; as, to coin a word.
To acquire rapidly, as money; to
make.
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To manufacture
counterfeit money.
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