specie noun. ['spi:ʃi:, 'spi:ʃi] M16.
[Latin, abl. sing. of SPECIES. Orig. in phr. in specie.]
1. Form. Long only in in specie (Law), in the real, precise, or actual form. M16.

2. Kind. Only in in specie. Now rare or obsolete. M16.

3. Coin money as opp. to paper money. Freq. attrib. E17.

4. a. A subordinate division. rare. L17-M18.
b. = SPECIES 3, 3b. Long non-standard. M18.

Comb.:
specie jar a large glass or china jar formerly used for storage (now for display) in chemists' shops; specie-room Hist. a strongroom on a ship in which gold coin was deposited.

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