(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 4:28:42

Xer"a*phim (?), n. [Pg. xarafin, xerafin, fr. Ar. ashrafi noble, the name of a gold coin.]

An old money of account in Bombay, equal to three fifths of a rupee.

 

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