Quarter+of+a+penny
21farthing — [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… …
22farthing — [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… …
23Farthing — 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… …
24Farthing (coin) — Farthing is an old word meaning a fourth or a quarter. The farthing coin can relate to: *Farthing (British coin), an old British coin valued one quarter of a penny *Farthing (Irish coin), its counterpart among the predecimal Irish coins …
25farthing — far|thing [ˈfa:ðıŋ US ˈfa:r ] n [: Old English; Origin: feorthung, from feortha fourth, quarter ] an old British coin that was worth one quarter of a ↑penny …
26farthing — 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 …
27angling for farthings — begging out of a prison window with a cap or box let down on the end of string (archaic). Farthings were a coin worth a quarter of a penny …
28Farthing — A coin worth one quarter of a *penny, first minted at the recoinage of 1279. [< OldEngl. feording = fourth part] Cf. Groat; Halfpenny; Sceatta; Thrymsa; Ferding …
29Farden — Recorded in a number of spellings including Farthing, Farthin, Farding, Fardin, Farden and Fardon, this is an English surname. It has three possible origins. The first is from the Old English pre 7th century word feorthing , meaning a quarter of… …
30Fardon — Recorded in a number of spellings including Farthing, Farthin, Farding, Fardin, Farden and Fardon, this is an English surname. It has three possible origins. The first is from the Old English pre 7th century word feorthing , meaning a quarter of… …
