(US, dated, 18th century) A dime minted in 1792.
a. 1734, John Ayliffe, Parergon Juris Canonici Anglicani.
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(obsolete) A tenth; a tenth part; a tithe.
: The pope began to exercise his new rapines by a compliance with king Edward, in granting him two years’ disme from the clergy.
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