pice

American  

[pahys] / paɪs /

noun

plural

pice

1. a former bronze coin of British India, one quarter of an anna.

2. paisa.

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pice British  

/ paɪs /

noun

1. a former Indian coin worth one sixty-fourth of a rupee

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Etymology

Origin of pice

First recorded in 1615–20; see origin at paisa ( def. )

Example Sentences

Pice by pice they argued the question, and at last Shiraz produced a handful of small coin, which passed from him to the Chinaman.

From The Pointing Man A Burmese Mystery by Douie, Marjorie

And Plinie reporteth, that wood being cast into the riuer of the Cicones, and into the Veline lake in the field of Pice, is enclosed in a barke of stone growing ouer it.

From The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 01 by Hakluyt, Richard

Pice, pīs, n.sing. and pl. a money of account and a copper coin, � anna.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) by Various

Pice is duly administered to him and his three salaaming associates, when, lo! a fifth candidate mysteriously appears, also smiling and salaaming expectantly.

From Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume II From Teheran To Yokohama by Stevens, Thomas

In these documents Angelo is called Angelus Pice, and his son Johannectus olim Angeli domine Pice, appellations which might be cited in favor of the noble origin of Pica.

From Life of St. Francis of Assisi by Houghton, Louise Seymour