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Plack

//plæk// name, noun

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.
Noun
  1. 1
    A coin used in the Netherlands in the 15th and 16th centuries. obsolete
  2. 2
    Misspelling of plaque. alt-of, misspelling
  3. 3
    A coin issued by James III of Scotland; also a 15th-16th century Scottish coin worth four Scots pennies. Northern-England, Scotland, historical

    "‘Yes, I prayed you to grant my life, which is in your power. The saving of it would not have cost you a plack, yet you refused to do it.’"

Etymology

From Middle Dutch placke (“name of a coin”). Cognate with Old High German pleh, bleh (“thin leaf of metal, plate”). Compare plaque.

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