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  1  definition  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Coin  \Coin\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Coined}  (koind);  p.  pr  &  vb 
  n.  {Coining}.] 
  1.  To  make  of  a  definite  fineness,  and  convert  into  coins,  as 
  a  mass  of  metal;  to  mint;  to  manufacture;  as  to  coin 
  silver  dollars;  to  coin  a  medal. 
 
  2.  To  make  or  fabricate;  to  invent;  to  originate;  as  to  coin 
  a  word 
 
  Some  tale,  some  new  pretense,  he  daily  coined,  To 
  soothe  his  sister  and  delude  her  mind.  --Dryden. 
 
  3.  To  acquire  rapidly,  as  money;  to  make 
 
  Tenants  cannot  coin  rent  just  at  quarter  day 
  --Locke. 




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