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POUND, money (law) and gigantic (iou)


POUND, money (law)


POUND, money. The sum of twenty shillings. Previous to the establishment of the federal currency,, the different states made use of the pound in the federal currency,, the different states made use of the pound in computing money; it was of different value in the several states. computing money; it was of different value in the several states. 2. Pound sterling, is a denomination of money of Great Britain. It is 2. Pound sterling, is a denomination of money of Great Britain. It is of the value of a sovereign. (q.v.) In calculating the rates of duties, the of the value of a sovereign. (q.v.) In calculating the rates of duties, the pound sterling shall be considered and taken as of the value of four dollars pound sterling shall be considered and taken as of the value of four dollars and eighty cents. Apt of March 3, 1833. and eighty cents. Apt of March 3, 1833. 3. The pound sterling of Ireland is to be computed, in calculating said 3. The pound sterling of Ireland is to be computed, in calculating said duties, at four dollars and ten cents. Id. duties, at four dollars and ten cents. Id. 4. The pound of the British provinces Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, 4. The pound of the British provinces Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, and Canada, is to be so computed at four dollars. Act of May, Newfoundland, and Canada, is to be so computed at four dollars. Act of May, 22, 1846. 22, 1846.

gigantic (iou)



gigantic adjective. E17.
[from Latin gigant- (see GIANT) + -IC.]
Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a giant or giants. E17-L18.
J. Bryant He was the son of Uricus, and of the gigantic race.
Having the proportions of a giant; giant-like in size, stature, etc.; abnormally large; huge, enormous. M17.
Horace Walpole Jeffery..had many squabbles with the king's gigantic porter. D. Adams Three gigantic doors, maybe sixty feet high. J. M. Roberts A gigantic influence on the later development of Christian Religion and civilisation.
gigantically adverb in a gigantic manner, to a gigantic degree L17.