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cardecu
† ˈcardecu Obs. Also 7 cardicue, -akew, -ecue, -ekue, -eque, -ecew, -escue. [a. F. quart d'écu quarter of an écu (usually englished ‘crown’).] An old French silver coin, worth 1/4 of the gold écu, or 15 sous tournois. In 1580, when the silver quart d'écu was first struck, the value of the gold écu i...
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quardecue
† quardecu(e variants of cardecu. Obs.1611 Cotgr., Quart d'escu, a Teston or Quardecue; a siluer peece of coyne worth 18d. sterl. 1657 Howell Londinop. 372 There comes not a Quardecu in every Crown clearly to the Kings Coffers, which is but the fourth part.
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kairdique
kairdique Sc. var. of cardecu Obs.1645 Sc. Acts Chas. I (1819) VI. 197/2 The Rose Noble eleven punds. The Kairdique twentie shilling.
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