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Webster 1913 Edition

Fisc

Fisc

(fĭsk)
,
Noun.
[F.
fisc
, fr. L.
fiscus
basket, money basket, treasury; prob. akin to
fascis
bundle. See
Fasces
.]
A public or state treasury.
Burke.

Webster 1828 Edition

Fisc

FISC

,
Noun.
[L. fiscus. Fiscus, signifies a basket or hanaper, probably from the twigs which composed the first baskets. Eng. whisk. The word coincides in elements with basket, and L. fascia, twigs being the primitive bands.]
The treasury of a prince or state; hence to confiscate to take the good of a criminal and appropriate then to the public treasure.

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