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Webster 1913 Edition
Sycee
Sy-cee′
,Noun.
[Said to be from a Chinese word,
se-tze
or se-sze
, meaning, fine silk, and to be so called because if pure it may be drawn out into fine threads.] Silver, pounded into ingots of the shape of a shoe, and used as currency. The most common weight is about one pound troy.
[China]
McElrath.