Sc. Obs. Also (pl.) leois. [perh. a sing. inferred from lewis (a. F. louis) treated as a plural.] The name of a French gold coin formerly current in Scotland; ? the louis d’or (Jam.).

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1467.  Sc. Acts Jas. III. (1814), II. 88/2. That … þe Ingliss noble, henry, ande Eduarde wt þe ross, þe franche crowne, þe salute þe lewe and þe Ridar sall haif courss in þis realme [etc.].

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1488.  in Inv. R. Wardr. (1815), 13. Four hundreth tuenti & viii Lewis of gold.

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1497.  in Ld. Treas. Acc. Scotl., I. 314. Thre Harj nobles, and tua leois.

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