Also 8 lai, 9 le. [Chinese.] A Chinese weight, one-thousandth part of a liang.
(A li of silver is equivalent to the copper coin called by Europeans a CASH.)
1771. J. R. Forster, trans. Osbeck’s Voy., I. 262. Kas, which the Chinese call Lai, is the only current coin which is struck in China.
1858. Simmonds, Dict. Trade, Li, another name for the Chinese copper cash.
