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The trial of money by heating it after it was coined. The loss of weight occasioned by this pro cess. A pound was said to burn so many pence (tot ardere dcnarios) as it lost by the fire. Spelman. The term is now obsolete.
The trial of money by heating it after it was coined. The loss of weight occasioned by this pro cess. A pound was said to burn so many pence (tot ardere dcnarios) as it lost by the fire. Spelman. The term is now obsolete.