(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 4:28:42

Xer"iff (?), n. [See Shereef.]

A gold coin formerly current in Egypt and Turkey, of the value of about 9s. 6d., or about $2.30; -- also, in Morocco, a ducat.

 

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