shilling mark
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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[edit]
shilling mark (plural shilling marks)
- (UK, typography, historical) Synonym of slash ⟨/⟩ in its use to mark the amount of shillings in a sum or (obsolete) in all its uses.
Synonyms[edit]
- See slash
References[edit]
- Oxford English Dictionary, 1st ed. "shilling, n." Oxford University Press (Oxford), 1914.