Definition of "disme" in English

noun

1. (US, dated, 18th century) A dime minted in 1792.

2. (obsolete) A tenth; a tenth part; a tithe.

   • a. 1734, John Ayliffe, Parergon Juris Canonici Anglicani. The pope began to exercise his new rapines by a compliance with king Edward, in granting him two years’ disme from the clergy.