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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[F., fr. L.

libra

a pound of twelve ounces. Cf.

A French money of account, afterward a silver coin equal to 20 sous. It is not now in use, having been superseded by the franc.

Noun.

[L. libra.] A French money of account, equal to 20 sous, or ten pence sterling.

See also: livre

livré m ‎(feminine singular livrée, masculine plural livrés, feminine plural livrées)