a. Not current. Specifically: Not passing in common payment; not receivable at par or full value;
a. [ OE. currant, OF. curant, corant, p. pr. of curre, corre, F. courre, courir, to run, from L. currere; perh. akin to E. horse. Cf. Course, Concur, Courant, Coranto. ]
Like the current fire, that renneth
Upon a cord. Gower. [ 1913 Webster ]
To chase a creature that was current then
In these wild woods, the hart with golden horns. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]
That there was current money in Abraham's time is past doubt. Arbuthnot. [ 1913 Webster ]
Your fire-new stamp of honor is scarce current. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
His current value, which is less or more as men have occasion for him. Grew. [ 1913 Webster ]
O Buckingham, now do I play the touch
To try if thou be current gold indeed. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
Account current.
Current money,
n. [ Cf. F. courant. See Current, a. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
Two such silver currents, when they join,
Do glorify the banks that bound them in. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
The surface of the ocean is furrowed by currents, whose direction . . . the navigator should know. Nichol. [ 1913 Webster ]
Current meter,
Current mill,
Current wheel,
adv. In a current manner; generally; commonly;
n.
When currentness [ combineth ] with staidness, how can the language . . . sound other than most full of sweetness? Camden. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ OE. currant, OF. curant, corant, p. pr. of curre, corre, F. courre, courir, to run, from L. currere; perh. akin to E. horse. Cf. Course, Concur, Courant, Coranto. ]
Like the current fire, that renneth
Upon a cord. Gower. [ 1913 Webster ]
To chase a creature that was current then
In these wild woods, the hart with golden horns. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]
That there was current money in Abraham's time is past doubt. Arbuthnot. [ 1913 Webster ]
Your fire-new stamp of honor is scarce current. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
His current value, which is less or more as men have occasion for him. Grew. [ 1913 Webster ]
O Buckingham, now do I play the touch
To try if thou be current gold indeed. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
Account current.
Current money,
n. [ Cf. F. courant. See Current, a. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
Two such silver currents, when they join,
Do glorify the banks that bound them in. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
The surface of the ocean is furrowed by currents, whose direction . . . the navigator should know. Nichol. [ 1913 Webster ]
Current meter,
Current mill,
Current wheel,
adv. In a current manner; generally; commonly;
n.
When currentness [ combineth ] with staidness, how can the language . . . sound other than most full of sweetness? Camden. [ 1913 Webster ]