Hypertext Webster Gateway: "penny"
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary (easton)
Penny
(Gr. denarion), a silver coin of the value of about 7 1/2d. or
8d. of our present money. It is thus rendered in the New
Testament, and is more frequently mentioned than any other coin
(Matt. 18:28; 20:2, 9, 13; Mark 6:37; 14:5, etc.). It was the
daily pay of a Roman soldier in the time of Christ. In the reign
of Edward III. an English penny was a labourer's day's wages.
This was the "tribute money" with reference to which our Lord
said, "Whose image and superscription is this?" When they
answered, "Caesar's," he replied, "Render therefore to Caesar
the things that are Caesar's; and to God the things that are
God's" (Matt. 22:19; Mark 12:15).
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Penny \Pen"ny\, a. [Perh. a corruption of pun, for pound.]
Denoting pound weight for one thousand; -- used in
combination, with respect to nails; as, tenpenny nails, nails
of which one thousand weight ten pounds.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Penny \Pen*ny\, n.; pl. {Pennies}or {Pence}. Pennies denotes the
number of coins; pence the amount of pennies in value. [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.) 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} (Zo["o]l.), 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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Penny \Pen"ny\, a.
Worth or costing one penny.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
penny
adj 1: (used in combination) priced as indicated; "`penny' is a
combining form in such expressions as `sixpenny
cakes'"
2: priced at 1 cent; "penny candy"
n 1: a fractional monetary unit of Ireland and the United
Kingdom; equal to one hundredth of a pound
2: a coin worth one-hundredth of the value of the basic unit
[syn: {cent}, {centime}]
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