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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

FISC, n. [L. fiscus. Fiscus, signifies a basket or hanaper, probably from the twigs which composed the first baskets. Eng. whisk. The word coincides in elements with basket, and L. fascia, twigs being the primitive bands.]
The treasury of a prince or state; hence to confiscate to take the good of a criminal and appropriate then to the public treasure.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a state treasury or exchequer or a royal treasury; originally the public treasury of Rome or the emperor's private purse

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: Latin fiscus Date: 1598 a state or royal treasury

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. Rom.Hist. the public treasury; the emperor's privy purse. Etymology: F fisc or L fiscus rush-basket, purse, treasury

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Fisc Fisc, n. [F. fisc, fr. L. fiscus basket, money basket, treasury; prob. akin to fascis bundle. See Fasces.] A public or state treasury. --Burke.