Scudo

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A monetary unit and coin formerly used in Italy and Sicily.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. The former monetary unit of Italy, Bolivia and Malta during the 18th and 19th century.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A silver coin, and money of account, used in Italy and Sicily, varying in value, in different parts, but worth about 4 shillings sterling, or about 96 cents; also, a gold coin worth about the same.
  • n. A gold coin of Rome, worth 64 shillings 11 pence sterling, or about $ 15.70.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A silver coin current in various parts of Italy during the eighteenth and nineteenthcenturies.
  • n. The space inclosed within the outer rim of the bezel of a ring; also, a bezel in sense 3 , used especially for rings of classical antiquity in which there is an engraved device upon the metal itself. See bezel, 3 .
  • Word Usage
    "The scudo also underwent fluctuations, in the market and in its weight: the so called scudo delle stampe (1595) was worth 184·2 baiocchi, that is, a little less than 2 scudi."
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