Easterling
Pronunciation : East"er*ling
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [Cf. Sterling.]
Definition : 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. (Zo?l.)
Defn: The smew.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
Pronunciation : East"er*ling
Part of Speech : a.
Definition : Defn: Relating to the money of the Easterlings, or Baltic traders. See Sterling.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913