Obs.–1 In 6 soulde, 6–7 solde. [ad. It. soldo: cf. SOLD sb.1 and SOL sb.3] A sol or small coin.

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1547.  Boorde, Introd. Knowl., xx. 171. They haue myttes, duccates, & soldes [in Hungary]. Ibid., xxxvii. 216. In syluer they haue [in Turkey] Aspers and Souldes; and ther be som Souldes that be brasse.

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1599.  Hakluyt, Voy., II. 108. Their horsemen have onely sixe soldes Venetian a day.

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