Dalle
(French), écu de six francs (5s.). Money generally.
“Quiconque parleroit de paix ... payeroit à la bourse de l'Union
certaine quantitée de dales, pour l'entretenement des docteurs.” —Satyre Menippee, 1824, p.163.
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