OBOL
\ˈɒbɒl], \ˈɒbɒl], \ˈɒ_b_ɒ_l]\
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ob'ol, n. in ancient Greece, a small coin, worth rather more than three-halfpence: also a weight, the sixth part of a drachma--also OB'OLUS:--pl. OB'OLI ([=i]).--adj. OB'OLARY, consisting of obols: extremely poor. [Gr. obelos, a spit.]
By Thomas Davidson
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