The difference between Crockard and Leonine
When used as nouns, crockard means a 13th-century coin minted in europe as a debased counterfeit copy of the sterling silver penny of king edward i, at first legally accepted as a halfpenny and then outlawed, whereas leonine means a 13th-century coin minted in europe and used in england as a debased form of the sterling silver penny, outlawed under edward i.
Leonine is also adjective with the meaning: of, pertaining to, or characteristic of the lion.
check bellow for the other definitions of Crockard and Leonine
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Crockard as a noun (historical, numismatics):
A 13th-century coin minted in Europe as a debased counterfeit copy of the sterling silver penny of King Edward I, at first legally accepted as a halfpenny and then outlawed.
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Leonine as an adjective:
Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of the lion.
Examples:
"His leonine face scared the young children."
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Leonine as a noun (numismatics, historical):
A 13th-century coin minted in Europe and used in England as a debased form of the sterling silver penny, outlawed under Edward I.
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Leonine as a noun (poetry):
A kind of Latin verse, generally alternate hexameter and pentameter, rhyming at the middle and end.