Farthing Definition & Meaning | Bay Area Crosswords

About The Word Farthing

Learn about the word Farthing to help solve your crossword puzzle. Discover Farthing definitions and meaning, origins, synonyms, related terms and more at the free Crossword Dictionary.

Farthing

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.

More Crossword Puzzle Words

A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z

Cross Word Of The Day

In-fighting ‐ boxing at close quarters [n] conflict between members of the…
Protestant deacon ‐ a Protestant layman who assists…
Awake ‐ stop sleeping; "She woke up to the sound of the…
Mensa ‐ a faint constellation in the polar region of the southern hemisphere…
Calculus ‐ the branch of mathematics that is concerned with limits and with…
Sonny ‐ a male child (a familiar term of address…
Houyhnhnm ‐ one of a race of intelligent horses who ruled the Yahoos in Swift's…
Spontaneity ‐ the quality of being spontaneous and coming from natural feelings…
Harikari ‐ (Japan) ritual suicide by self-disembowelment on a sword; practiced…
Copland ‐ United States composer who developed a distinctly American music…