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scudo


  1  definition  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Scudo  \Scu"do\,  n.;  pl  {Scudi}.  [It.,  a  crown,  a  dollar,  a 
  shield,  fr  L.  scutum  a  shield.  Cf  {Scute}.]  (Com.) 
  a  A  silver  coin,  and  money  of  account,  used  in  Italy  and 
  Sicily,  varying  in  value,  in  different  parts  but  worth 
  about  4  shillings  sterling,  or  about  96  cents;  also  a 
  gold  coin  worth  about  the  same 
  b  A  gold  coin  of  Rome,  worth  64  shillings  11  pence 
  sterling,  or  about  $  15.70. 




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