shilling mark
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shilling mark
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A development of the long s ⟨ſ⟩, an abbreviation of Latin solidus, used to mark the amount of shillings in a sum. Formerly also the slash in all its uses, but this extended sense was taken on by the term solidus.
noun shilling marks
- Synonym of slash ⟨/⟩ in its use to mark the amount of shillings in a sum or (obsolete) in all its uses.
