disme
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Is disme a Scrabble word?
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- Scrabble US/Canada (OTCWL) Yes
- Scrabble UK (SOWPODS) Yes
- Wordle Yes
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Definition
noun (English)
1. (US, dated, 18th century) A dime minted in 1792.USdatedobsolete
2. (obsolete) A tenth; a tenth part; a tithe.Examples: "Since the first sword was drawn about this question, Ev'ry tithe soul 'mongst many thousand dismes, Hath been as dear as Helen."; "a. 1734, John Ayliffe, Parergon Juris Canonici Anglicani. The pope began to exercise his new rapines by a compliance with king Edward, in granting him two years’ disme from the clergy."; "I have heard say, that a writ of right of dismes is given by the statute of Westm. 2, and that speaketh only of dismes, and not of pensions."obsolete
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