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disme
[ dahym ]
/ daɪm /
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noun
a former coin of the U.S., equal to 10 cents, issued in 1792: early form of the dime.
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Origin of disme
Earlier or archaized spelling of dime
Words nearby disme
Dismal Swamp, dismantle, dismast, dismay, dismayed, disme, dismember, dismiss, dismissal, dismissive, dismount
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How to use disme in a sentence
He was an engineer and a soldier, and his La Disme was the first separate treatise on the decimal fraction.
A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume I (of II)|Augustus De Morgan