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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Levy \Lev"y\ (-[ycr]), n.; pl. {Levies} (-[icr]z). [A contr. of elevenpence or elevenpenny bit.] A name formerly given in Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Virginia to the Spanish real of one eighth of a dollar (or 12[frac12] cents), valued at eleven pence when the dollar was rated at 7s. 6d. | |
