exchange cap

A fine quality of paper made of new stock; thin, highly calendered, and used for printing bills of exchange. *exchange-wench, s. One of the women who kept stalls at the London Exchange, and whose reputation was not very good. ( English Colloq.) ( Nares .) "Now every exchange - wench is ushered in by them into her stalls, and while she calls to others to know what they lack, while herself lacks nothing to make her as fine as a counte ."-England's Vanity (1683), p. 32. IMG:content-1228.png:[ocr errors] ex-change-a-bil-I-ty, s . [Eng. exchangeable; ity .] The quality or state of being exchangeable. ex-change-a-ble, a. [Eng. exchange ; -able .] 1. That may or can be exchanged; fit or proper to be exchanged. "The officers captured were exchangeable with the powers of General Howe."- Marshall . 2. Rateable, or to be valued according to what can be procured in exchange; as, the exchangeable value of goods. ex-çhāng-er, s. [Eng. exchang(e); -er.] One who exchanges; one who deals in money. "Whilst bullion may be had for a small price more than the weight of our current cash, these exchangers generally choose rather to buy bullion than run the risk of melting down our coin, which is criminal by the law." -Locke . *ex-cheat, s. [ESCHEAT.] *ex-cheat-or, s. [ESCHEATOR.]