Farthing is an old word meaning a fourth or a
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English Three Farthing coin — The silver Three Farthings (¾d) coin was introduced in Queen Elizabeth I s third and fourth coinages (1561 1582) as part of a plan to produce large quantities of coins of varying denominations and high metal content. The obverse shows a left… … Wikipedia
Farthing (Irish coin) — IrishCoinInfobox EN NAME = Farthing GA NAME = Feoirling DESIGN = Woodcock The farthing coin ( ga. Feoirling) was the smallest value coin of the pre decimal Irish pound at 1/960 of the pound, ¼d. Long before decimalisation the coin had lost much… … Wikipedia
Farthing — is an old word meaning a fourth or a quarter. In modern usage it could refer to: *Farthing (British coin), an old British coin valued one quarter of a penny *Farthing (Irish coin), its counterpart among the predecimal Irish coins *farthing, an… … Wikipedia
Farthing — 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. [1913 Webster] 2. A very… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
farthing — ► NOUN 1) a former monetary unit and coin of the UK, equal to a quarter of an old penny. 2) the least possible amount: she didn t care a farthing. ORIGIN Old English, «fourth» … English terms dictionary
farthing — O.E. feorðung quarter of a penny, a dim. derivative of feorða fourth (from feower four ) + ing fractional part. Cognate with O.Fris. fiardeng, M.L.G. verdink, O.N. fjordhungr. Used in biblical translation of L. quadrans quarter of a denarius; the … Etymology dictionary
farthing — [fär′thiŋ] n. [ME ferthing < OE feorthing, lit., a fourthling, fourth part, dim. of feortha, FOURTH] 1. a former small British coin, equal to one fourth of a penny 2. a thing of little value; the least amount … English World dictionary
Farthing (British coin) — A farthing (meaning fourth part ) was a British coin worth one quarter of a penny and 1/960 of a pound sterling, slightly over a mill division in other currencies. Such coins were first minted in England in the 13th century, and continued to be… … Wikipedia
farthing — [OE] Farthing has a long history as an English coin name, going back to the 10th century, when it was used in translations of the Bible to render Latin quadrans, a quarter of a denarius. It was introduced into English currency (as a silver coin… … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins
farthing — [OE] Farthing has a long history as an English coin name, going back to the 10th century, when it was used in translations of the Bible to render Latin quadrans, a quarter of a denarius. It was introduced into English currency (as a silver coin… … Word origins
