[sahy-see] 
| fine uncoined silver in lumps of various sizes usually bearing a banker's or assayer's stamp or mark, formerly used in China as a medium of exchange. |
| sy·cee (sī-sē') n. Lumps of pure silver bearing the stamp of a banker or an assayer and formerly used in China as money. [Chinese (Cantonese) saìsz, fine silk (so called because the pure silver can be spun into fine threads), equivalent to Chinese (Mandarin) xì, thin, fine + Chinese (Mandarin) sī, silk, thread.] |