easterling

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Easterling \East"er*ling\, a.
   Relating to the money of the Easterlings, or Baltic traders.
   See {Sterling}.
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from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Easterling \East"er*ling\, n. [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.
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            Merchants of Norway, Denmark, . . . called . . .
            Easterlings because they lie east in respect of us.
                                                  --Holinshed.
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   2. A piece of money coined in the east by Richard II. of
      England. --Crabb.
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   3. (Zo["o]l.) The smew.
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