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Webster 1913 Edition
Sequin
Se′quin
,Noun.
An old gold coin of Italy and Turkey. It was first struck at Venice about the end of the 13th century, and afterward in the other Italian cities, and by the Levant trade was introduced into Turkey. It is worth about 9s. 3d. sterling, or about $2.25. The different kinds vary somewhat in value.
[Written also
chequin
, and zequin
.] Webster 1828 Edition
Sequin
SE'QUIN
,Noun.
Definition 2024
sequin
sequin
English
Noun
sequin (plural sequins)
- (historical) Any of various small gold coins minted in Italy and Turkey.
- 1883: Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island
- English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Georges, and Louises, doubloons and double guineas and moidores and sequins, the pictures of all the kings of Europe for the last hundred years, strange Oriental pices stamped with what looked like wisps of string or its of spider's web, round pieces and square pieces, and pieces bored through the middle, as if to ware them round your neck - nearly every variety of money in the world must, I think, have found a place in that collection...
- 1883: Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island
- A sparkling spangle used for the decoration of ornate clothing.
Translations
Italian/Turkish coin
sparkling spangle used for decoration of ornate clothing:
See also
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sequin in the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica.