“half、mark”的英文意思_释义_用法

单词

half-mark

释义

† half-mark Obs.
The half of a mark; an old English money of account, worth 6s. 8d.
a1056Charter in Thorpe Cod. Dipl. IV. 136 Mid healf marce goldes.1393Langl. P. Pl. C. vi. 134 Hure hefd was worth half mark.1695W. Lowndes Amendm. Silv. Coin 64 A Noble which the Law used to call the Hauf Merk.1891H. Hall Antiq. & Cur. Exchequer 40 The denominations mark and half-mark, so often met with in old accounts, had no existence either in gold or silver currency.
b. attrib. Costing half a mark: applied to non-canonical or ‘border’ marriages. Sc.
1663Lamont Diary 207 (Jam.) Went away..to the borders to be married at the half marke church (as it is commonlie named).1724–7Ramsay For Sake Somebody iii, Since ye are content to tye The haff mark bridal band wi' me.

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