noun

Conto

  1. The count of one million, usually applied to a given monetary denomination.
  2. In monetary terms, it came to mean the equivalent of one million maravedís. By the 1350s the maravedí as a currency was no longer in use, but it survived as a monetary accounting unit, i.e. a value of reference for other coins. 

Ovençal

  1. Officer (of the king or of a great lord).
  2. Generic term applied to officers responsible for the administration of the king's house or the king's estate, such as the Master of the Wardrobe, or the Chamberlain, for example.

Ouro

  1. Gold.
  2. Ouro amoedado: coined gold. [Pedro, ch. 40: 52]
  3. Ouro em pasta: alluvial gold. [Fernando, ch. 37: 20]

Cava

Mine; excavation under a castle or city wall to gain underground access and/or to undermine it.

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