Definition of Dirhem

1. dirham [n -S] - See also: dirham

Lexicographical Neighbors of Dirhem

diremption
diremptions
dirempts
direness
direnesses
direption
direr
direst
dirge
dirgeful
dirgelike
dirges
dirgy
dirham
dirhams
dirhem (current term)
dirhems
dirhenium
dirhodium
dirhombicosidodecahedron
dirhombicosidodecahedrons
diribonucleotide
diribonucleotides
dirigation
dirige
dirigent
diriges
dirigible
dirigibles
dirigism

Literary usage of Dirhem

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Numismatic Chronicle by Royal Numismatic Society (Great Britain) (1884)
"... and the -14th of the legal dirhem, but in practice its relation varies greatly, ... 3 dirhem (S. 79, 95, 102); but this was a gold coin ..."

2. Catalogue of Oriental Coins in the British Museum by Stanley Lane-Poole, Reginald Stuart Poole, British Museum Dept. of Coins and Medals (1883)
"The dirhem, at this rate, would be 3-079 grammes, or say 47J English grains. The Dutch crown would thus weigh 403 grains. There happens to be a Dutch crown ..."

3. The Moohummudan Law of Sale, According to the Huneefeea Code: from the by Neil Benjamin Edmonstone Baillie (1850)
"... Take this, and add to me a dirhem for it," the transaction is lawful, the additional dirhem being set off to the better quality, or the increased length ..."

4. Cathay and the Way Thither: Being a Collection of Medieval Notices of China by Henry Yule, Odorico, Rashīd al-Dīn Ṭabīb, Francesco Balducci Pegolotti, Joannes de Marignolis, Ibn Batuta, Bento de Góis (1866)
"Then as regards the dirhem. The dinar of the Arabs was a perpetuation of the golden ... The dirhem more vaguely represented the drachma, or rather the Roman ..."

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