Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Coined"
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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