disme
[ dahym ]
noun
a former coin of the U.S., equal to 10 cents, issued in 1792: early form of the dime.
Origin of disme
1Earlier or archaized spelling of dime
Words Nearby disme
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How to use disme in a sentence
He was an engineer and a soldier, and his La disme was the first separate treatise on the decimal fraction.
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