Circular charge in heraldry with metallic tincture or / argent.
A gold coin of the Byzantine Empire; widely circulated in Europe in the Middle Ages.
1 Not a bezant of which I have the bequeathing.
2 After they had used up everything they could find, a mere piece of bread cost a bezant .
3 She made no reply, but took from a pocket a bezant , and contrived to throw its yellow gleam in the sentinel's eyes.
4 Allday was right after all, just as he had known about Bezant .
5 Bezant had remarked, 'It would have been kinder to cut their throats!'
6 I can finish off my Byzantine history, and coin it into bezants . '
7 She saw Sophie watching with obvious excitement, quite delighted at Samuel Bezant 's discomfort.
8 Bezant answered stiffly, 'I am well aware of it, Sir Richard.
9 He must have marked Bezant down the moment he had burst on deck.
10 Bezant studied him carefully as if it might be taken as a complaint.
11 Bezant 's rough features were brick-red from a liberal mixture of ocean gales and brandy.
12 Bezant had been lashed in the sternsheets, and Jenour was already loosening the oars.
13 And Bezant , capable though he must be, is no friend.'
14 As the knife came down Bezant opened his eyes and stared at the blade.
15 Bezant had taken sun-sights with his sextant and now seemed satisfied with his vessel's progress.
16 He saw Bezant 's mind grappling with this new complication.
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