‖ fiscus
(ˈfɪskəs)
[L.: see fisc.]
= fisc 1, 1 b.
| 1650 Jer. Taylor Fun. Serm. 31 So have I seen a river..paying to the Fiscus, the great Exchequer of the Sea..a tribute large and full. 1861 Pearson Early & Mid. Ages Eng. 195 Four years were sufficient [bar] against the imperial fiscus. |