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Farthing Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Farthing? [n] a former British bronze coin worth a quarter of a penny Synonyms \| Synonyms for Farthing: Related Terms \| Find terms related to Farthing: a continental \| a curse \| a damn \| a darn \| a hoot \| ace \| atom \| bagatelle \| bauble \| bawbee \| bean \| bibelot \| bit \| brass farthing \| button \| cent \| crown \| curio \| dab \| dole \| dollar \| dot \| dram \| dribble \| driblet \| dwarf \| farce \| feather \| fig \| fiver \| fleabite \| fleck \| florin \| flyspeck \| folderol \| fourpence \| fourpenny \| fourth \| fourth part \| fragment \| fribble \| frippery \| gaud \| gewgaw \| gimcrack \| gobbet \| grain \| granule \| groat \| guinea \| hair \| half crown \| half dollar \| halfpenny \| handful \| hill of beans \| iota \| jest \| joke \| jot \| kickshaw \| knickknack \| knickknackery \| little \| little bit \| mag \| meg \| minikin \| minim \| minimum \| minutiae \| mite \| mockery \| modicum \| molecule \| molehill \| monkey \| mote \| new pence \| np \| nutshell \| one-fourth \| ounce \| p \| particle \| pebble \| pence \| penny \| peppercorn \| picayune \| pin \| pinch \| pinch of snuff \| pinprick \| pittance \| point \| pony \| pound \| quart \| quarter \| quartern \| quarto \| quid \| rap \| red cent \| row of pins \| rush \| scruple \| shilling \| shit \| sixpence \| smidgen \| smitch \| snap \| sneeshing \| sou \| speck \| spoonful \| spot \| straw \| tenner \| thimbleful \| threepence \| threepenny bit \| thrippence \| tiny bit \| tittle \| toy \| trifle \| trifling amount \| trinket \| trivia \| triviality \| tuppence \| twenty-five cents \| twenty-five percent \| two bits \| two cents \| twopence \| whim-wham \| whit See Also \| coin Farthing In Webster's Dictionary \Far"thing\, n. [OE. furthing, AS. fe['o]r[eth]ung, fr. fe['o]r[eth]a fourth, fe['o]r, fe['o]wer, four. See {Four}.] 1. The fourth of a penny; a small copper coin of Great Britain, being a cent in United States currency. 2. A very small quantity or value. [Obs.] In her cup was no farthing seen of grease. --Chaucer. 3. A division of land. [Obs.] Thirty acres make a farthing land; nine farthings a Cornish acre; and four Cornish acres a knight's fee. --R. Carew.

Farthing Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Farthing?

[n] a former British bronze coin worth a quarter of a penny

Synonyms | Synonyms for Farthing:

See Also | coin

Farthing In Webster's Dictionary

\Far"thing\, n. [OE. furthing, AS. fe['o]r[eth]ung, fr.
fe['o]r[eth]a fourth, fe['o]r, fe['o]wer, four. See {Four}.]
1. The fourth of a penny; a small copper coin of Great
   Britain, being a cent in United States currency.

2. A very small quantity or value. [Obs.]

         In her cup was no farthing seen of grease.
                                               --Chaucer.

3. A division of land. [Obs.]

         Thirty acres make a farthing land; nine farthings a
         Cornish acre; and four Cornish acres a knight's fee.
                                               --R. Carew.

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