Definition of Fartheng
Far"thing (?), n. [OE. furthing,
AS. feórðung, fr. feórða fourth,
feór, feówer, 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.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- A disused British coin worth one-quarter of a penny.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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