PENCES
Noun
pences
(nonstandard) plural of pence
Anagrams
• Spence, spence
Source: Wiktionary
PENCE
Pence, n.,
Definition: pl. of Penny. See Penny.
PENNY
Pen"ny, a. Etym: [Perh. a corruption of pun, for pound.]
Definition: Denoting pound weight for one thousand; -- used in combination,
with respect to nails; as, tenpenny nails, nails of which one
thousand weight ten pounds.
Pen*ny, n.; pl. Pennies or Pence (. Pennies denotes the number of
coins; pence the amount of pennies in value. Etym: [OE. peni, AS.
penig, pening, pending; akin to D. penning, OHG. pfenning, pfenting,
G. pfennig, Icel. penningr; of uncertain origin.]
1. An English coin, formerly of copper, now of bronze, the twelfth
part of an English shilling in account value, and equal to four
farthings, or about two cents; -- usually indicated by the
abbreviation d. (the initial of denarius).
Note: "The chief Anglo-Saxon coin, and for a long period the only
one, corresponded to the denarius of the Continent . . . [and was]
called penny, denarius, or denier." R. S. Poole. The ancient silver
penny was worth about three pence sterling (see Pennyweight). The old
Scotch penny was only one twelfth the value of the English coin. In
the United States the word penny is popularly used for cent.
2. Any small sum or coin; a groat; a stiver. Shak.
3. Money, in general; as, to turn an honest penny.
What penny hath Rome borne, What men provided, what munition sent
Shak.
4. (Script.)
Definition: See Denarius. Penny cress (Bot.), an annual herb of the Mustard
family, having round, flat pods like silver pennies (Thlaspi
arvense). Dr. Prior.
– Penny dog (Zoöl.), a kind of shark found on the South coast of
Britain: the tope.
– Penny father, a penurious person; a niggard. [Obs.] Robinson
(More's Utopia).
– Penny grass (Bot.), pennyroyal. [R.] -- Penny post, a post
carrying a letter for a penny; also, a mail carrier.
– Penny wise, wise or prudent only in small matters; saving small
sums while losing larger; -- used chiefly in the phrase, penny wise
and pound foolish.
Pen"ny, a.
Definition: Worth or costing one penny.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition