GOEDSMITHS' NOTES
\ɡˈə͡ʊdsmɪθs nˈɒts], \ɡˈəʊdsmɪθs nˈɒts], \ɡ_ˈəʊ_d_s_m_ɪ_θ_s n_ˈɒ_t_s]\
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Bankers' cash notes (f. e., promissory notes given by abanker to his customers as acknowledgments of the receipt of money) were originallycalled in London "goldsmiths' notes," from the circumstance that all the bankingbusiness in England was originally transacted by goldsmiths. Wharton.
By Henry Campbell Black
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Cannabinol
- A physiologically inactive constituent of Cannabis sativa L. An oil obtained from Cannabis indica, thought by some active principle; said to be a phenol aldehyde of the formula OH.C20H28COH, hence more accurately called cannabinolal.