in negative
phrases)
used as the type of a very
small sum.
Ben Jonson - The Devil's Association
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.
=Deny=, _v._ ?Prove false to. 1. 4. 91.
=Depart=, _v._ ?Phr. _depart with_: To part with; give up.
1. 4.
