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EASTERLINGS
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Easterlings
plural of Easterling
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EASTERLING
East"er*ling, n. Etym: [Cf. Sterling.]
1. A native of a country eastward of another; -- used, by the English, of traders or others from the coasts of the Baltic. Merchants of Norway, Denmark, . . . called . . . Easterlings because they lie east in respect of us. Holinshed.
2. A piece of money coined in the east by Richard II. of England. Crabb.
3. (Zoöl.)
Definition: The smew.
East"er*ling, a.
Definition: Relating to the money of the Easterlings, or Baltic traders. See Sterling.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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