roined
English
roin
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) runger, ultimately of imitative origin.
Verb
(en verb )
(obsolete) To growl; to roar.
* 1596 , (Edmund Spenser), The Faerie Queene , V.9:
- Yet did he murmure with rebellious sound, / And softly royne , when salvage choler gan redound.
Etymology 2
From (etyl) ruinne, roin et al., of uncertain origin. Compare roynish.
Noun
(en noun )
(obsolete) A scab; a scurf, or scurfy spot.
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coined
English
coin
English
Noun
(en noun )
(money) A piece of currency, usually metallic and in the shape of a disc, but sometimes polygonal, or with a hole in the middle.
* 1883: (Robert Louis Stevenson), (Treasure Island)
- …the coins were of all countries and sizes – doubloons, and louis d’ors, and guineas, and pieces of eight…
A token used in a special establishment like a casino (also called a chip).
(figurative) That which serves for payment or recompense.
* Hammond
- The loss of present advantage to flesh and blood is repaid in a nobler coin .
One of the suits of minor arcana in tarot, or a card of that suit.
A quoin; a corner or external angle; a wedge.
Verb
(en verb )
To make of a definite fineness, and convert into coins, as a mass of metal; to mint; to manufacture.
- to coin”’ silver dollars; to ”’coin a medal
To make or fabricate; to invent; to originate.
- Over the last century the advance in science has led to many new words being coined .
* Dryden
- Some tale, some new pretense, he daily coined , / To soothe his sister and delude her mind.
To acquire rapidly, as money; to make.
* John Locke
- Tenants cannot coin rent just at quarter day.
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