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Webster 1913 Edition
Sycee
Sy-cee′
,Noun.
[Said to be from a Chinese word,
se-tze
or se-sze
, meaning, fine silk, and to be so called because if pure it may be drawn out into fine threads.] Silver, pounded into ingots of the shape of a shoe, and used as currency. The most common weight is about one pound troy.
[China]
McElrath.
Definition 2024
sycee
sycee
English
Noun
sycee (plural sycees)
- Any of various gold or silver ingots used as currency in imperial China.
- Imitation paper ingots burnt as an offering in ancestral veneration on Tomb Sweeping Day or during the Ghost Festival.
Synonyms
- yuanbao
References
- American Heritage Dictionary, 5th ed. "sycee". Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing, 2011.
- Collins American English Dictionary. "sycee". Collins, 2016.
- Merriam-Webster Online. "sycee". 2015.
- Oxford English Dictionary, 1st ed. "sycee, n." Oxford University Press (Oxford), 1919.
- Random House Dictionary. "sycee". 2016.