Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In Eng. mining, the making up of tin into pigs, etc., for carriage.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The stamping of pigs of tin, by the proper officer, with the arms of the duchy of Cornwall.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun obsolete, UK The
stamping ofpigs oftin , by the properofficer , with thearms of theduchy ofCornwall .
Etymologies
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Corrupted from coinage.
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