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Sicca

Sicca \Sic"ca\, n. [Ar. sikka.] A seal; a coining die; -- used adjectively to designate the silver currency of the Mogul emperors, or the Indian rupee of 192 grains.

Sicca rupee, an East Indian coin, valued nominally at about two shillings sterling, or fifty cents.

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sicca

n. 1 A seal; a coining die. 2 (context attributive English) The silver currency of the Mogul emperors, or the Indian rupee of 192 grains.

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Sicca

Sicca means dryness. It may refer to:

Usage examples of "sicca".

He had been employed as advocate-general in India, by Lords Combermere and Amherst, and had discharged his office so much to the satisfaction of the governor and council in India, that they voted him five thousand sicca rupees, and a vote of thanks for his conduct.