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A bright piece of money. [Slang] Has she the shiners, d' ye think Foote. black eye.

Formerly, a jocose term for a bank note greatly depreciated in value; also, for paper money of a denomination less than a dollar. [U. S.]

orks upon ships. -- Ship letter, a letter conveyed by a ship not a mail packet. -- Ship money (Eng. Hist.), an imposition formerly charged on the ports, towns, cities, boroughs, and counties, of England, for providing and furnishing certain ships for the king's service. The attempt made by Charles I. to revive and en…

ming up to a resonable, or the ordinary, standard; -- usually with of; as, to be short of money. We shall be short in our provision. Shak.

or extent of deficiency, as determined by some requirement or standard; as, a shortage in money accounts.

A board on which a game is played, by pushing or driving pieces of metal or money to reach certain marks; also, the game itself. Called also shuffleboard, shoveboard, shovegroat, shovelpenny.

A banker, or changer of money. [East Indies]

To shove one way and the other; to push from one to another; as, to shuffle money from hand to hand.

,.A play performed by shaking money in a hat or cap. [R.] Arbuthnot.

A great number, quantity, or sum; as, a sight of money. [Now colloquial]

Coin made of silver; silver money.

Having no silcver; hence, without money; impecunious. Piers Plowman.

astical preferment; the corrupt presentation of any one to an ecclesiastical benefice for money or reward. Piers Plowman.

tion and sinew of her fortune, her marriage dowry. Shak. The bodies of men, munition, and money, may justly be called the sinews of war. Sir W. Raleigh.

es. -- Single bill (Law), a written engagement, generally under seal, for the payment of money, without a penalty. Burril. -- Single court (Lawn Tennis), a court laid out for only two players. -- Single-cut file. See the Note under 4th File. -- Single entry. See under Bookkeeping. -- Single file. See under 1st Fil…

To conseal and appropriate. [Slang] If sent with ready money to buy anything, and you happen to be out of pocket, sink the money, and take up the goods on account. Swift.

A money od account in Sweden, Norwey, Denmark, and North Germany, and also a coin. It had various values, from three fourths of a cent in Norway to more than two cents in Lübeck.

To strip of money or property; to cheat. [Slang]

A counterfeit piece of money, being brass covered with silver. [Obs.] Shak

Smart money (see below). [Canf]