in Roman antiquity, the chief silver coin among the Romans, worth in our money about seven-pence three farthings. As a weight, it was the seventh part of a Roman ounce.

Denarius is also used in our law-books for an English penny.

DENBIGH-SHIRE, a county of Wales, bounded on the south by Merioneth and Montgomery shires; on the north by Flintshire, and the Irish sea; on the west by Carnarvon, and part of Merionethshire. It is about 40 miles long, and 21 broad. The air is wholesome, but sharp; the county being pretty hilly, and the snow lying long on the tops of the mountains. The soil in general is barren; but the vale of Clwyd, so called from its being watered by that river, is a very fertile pleasant spot, of great extent, and well inhabited. The chief commodities are black cattle, sheep, and goats, rye, called here amelcorn, and lead-ore. The county sends two members to parliament, viz. a knight for the shire, and a burgess for Denbigh the capital.