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levies |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Levy \Lev"y\ (-[y^]), n.; pl {Levies} (-[i^]z). [A contr. of elevenpence or elevenpenny bit.] A name formerly given in Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Virginia to the Spanish real of one eighth of a dollar (or 121/2 cents), valued at eleven pence when the dollar was rated at 7s. 6d.
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