Definition for COIN

COIN, v.t.

  1. To stamp a metal, and convert it into money; to mint.
  2. To make; as, to coin words. – Shak.
  3. To make; to forge; to fabricate; in an ill sense; as, to coin a lie; to coin a fable. – Hudibras. Dryden.

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