Brasse

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The zander (Sander lucioperca), a European freshwater fish.
  2. 2
    Obsolete form of brass. alt-of, obsolete, uncountable

    "As we returned to our own Convent, they brought us to Mount Moriah, and ſhewed us the place where Abraham offered up Iſaac, which is in the cuſtody of Nigroes or Æthiopians: to whom each of us payed ten Madins of Braſſe, the common coine of Ieruſalem, for our going in to that place."

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zander

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"As we returned to our own Convent, they brought us to Mount Moriah, and ſhewed us the place where Abraham offered up Iſaac, which is in the cuſtody of Nigroes or Æthiopians: to whom each of us payed ten Madins of Braſſe, the common coine of Ieruſalem, for our going in to that place."

Etymology

Perhaps a transposition of barse; but compare German Brasse (“bream”), and English bream.

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sander lucioperca

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