cuynage

cuynage
cuinage, cuynage
obs. forms of coinage. As applied to tin, in English Law Books, it means the official stamping of the blocks; = coinage 4.
[An erroneous explanation by Cowell (1607) was corrected in Blount's Law Dictionary 1670, but, having been copied by Johnson, is still repeated in modern Dictionaries.]

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  • cuinage — cuinage, cuynage obs. forms of coinage. As applied to tin, in English Law Books, it means the official stamping of the blocks; = coinage 4. [An erroneous explanation by Cowell (1607) was corrected in Blount s Law Dictionary 1670, but, having been …   Useful english dictionary

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