plack

[ plak ]

noun

a very small copper coin used in Scotland in the 15th and 16th centuries as a four-penny piece.

Origin of plack

1425–75; late Middle English placke<Middle Dutch: name of a coin

But, ere they came half gait to Concludendum, The fiend one plack was left for to defend him.
The Book of Humorous Verse | Various
plack, plak, n. a small copper coin formerly current in Scotland, equal in value to the third part of an English penny.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) | Various
Will they not give us a letter of cursing for a plack, to last for a year, to curse all that look over our dyke?
The History of the Reformation of Religion in Scotland | John Knox
I wad hae thought better o' it had thou made it when it took the last plack i' thy pouch.
Winter Evening Tales | Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr
As a gen'al thing them people fra' the States hae plenty o' plack in their pockets.
Adle Dubois | Mrs. William T. Savage

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