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iduals; a category; as, the denomination of units, or of thousands, or of fourths, or of shillings, or of tons. Those [qualities] which are classed under the denomination of sublime. Burke.

vants; wages. [Obs.] The entertainment of the general upon his first arrival was but six shillings and eight pence. Sir J. Davies.

Strength; firmness; stability. [Obs.] Chillingworth.

An ancient gold coin of the time of Edward III., of six shillings sterling value. Camden.

coins in different countries. The florin of England, first minted in 1849, is worth two shillings, or about 48 cents; the florin of the Netherlands, about 40 cents; of Austria, about 36 cents.

To bet or wager; as, I'll go you a shilling. [Colloq.] To go halves, to share with another equally. -- To go it, to behave in a wild manner; to be uproarious; to carry on; also, to proceed; to make progress. [Colloq.] -- To go it alone (Card Playing), to play a hand without the assistance of one's partner. -- To go i…

A gold coin of England current for twenty-one shillings sterling, or about five dollars, but not coined since the issue of sovereigns in 1817. The guinea, so called from the Guinea gold out of which it was first struck, was proclaimed in 1663, and to go for twenty shillings; but it never went for less than twenty-one s…

ction of carbon under long-continued pressure at a very high heat, and then to a violent chilling, as by a spray of cold water. This process gives an armor plate a thick surface of extreme hardness supported by material gradually decreasing in hardness to the unaltered soft steel at the back.

hearths, each hearth (in all houses paying the church and poor rates) being taxed at two shillings; -- called also chimney money, etc. He had been importuned by the common people to relieve them from the . . . burden of the hearth money. Macaulay.

One who holds a shield over another; hence, a defender. [Obs.] Chillingworth.

Characterized by coldness, as of manner, influence, etc.; chilling; frigid; cold. Icy was the deportment with which Philip received these demonstrations of affection. Motley.

The quality or state of being inexorable. Chillingworth.

The act of chilling or causing to become cold; a chilling; coldness; congelation. [Obs.] Boyle.

nterval. [R.] And a' shall laugh without intervallums. Shak. In one of these intervalla. Chillingworth.

An English gold coin, of the value of twenty-five shillings sterling, struck in the reign of James I.

Formerly, a gold coin of France nominally worth twenty shillings sterling, but of varying value; -- first struck in 1640.

and silver, and of variously estimated values. The silver mancus was equal to about one shilling of modern English money.

A coin formerly current in England and Scotland, equal to thirteen shillings and four pence.

Having the form or image of Mercury; -- applied to ancient guideposts. [Obs.] Chillingworth.

An English coin, formerly of copper, now of bronze, the twelfth part of an English shilling in account value, and equal to four farthings, or about two cents; -- usually indicated by the abbreviation d. (the initial of denarius).