FARTHING

n.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

The fourth of a penny; a small copper coin of Great Britain, being a cent in United States currency.

2.
n.

A very small quantity or value. [Obs.] In her cup was no farthing seen of grease. Chaucer.

3.
n.

A division of hand. [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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