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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: farthing n : a former British bronze coin worth a quarter of a penny From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: Farthing (1.) Matt. 10:29; Luke 12:6. Greek assarion i.e., a small _as_, which was a Roman coin equal to a tenth of a denarius or drachma, nearly equal to a halfpenny of our money. (2.) Matt. 5:26; Mark 12:42 (Gr. kodrantes), the quadrant, the fourth of an _as_, equal to two lepta, mites. The lepton (mite) was the very smallest copper coin.
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