_] A French coin,
the twelfth of a sou;
originally
of silver, but from the 16th c.
Ben Jonson - The Devil's Association
2. 103;
2. 2. 126. Both meanings seem to be present.
=Delude=, _v._ ?To frustrate the aim or purpose of. 1. 6. 54.
?=Deneer=, _n._ [Form of _Denier_, _obs._ or _arch.
_] A French coin,
the twelfth of a sou;
originally
of silver, but from the 16th c.
of
copper. Hence (esp. in negative phrases) used as the type of a very
small sum. 3. 3. 188.
