What does Farthing mean?

Definitions for Farthing
ˈfɑr ðɪŋfar·thing

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. farthingnoun

    a former British bronze coin worth a quarter of a penny

Wiktionary

  1. farthingnoun

    Former British unit of currency worth one-quarter of an old penny.

  2. Etymology: From feorðing, from feorða, probably influenced by fiórðungr

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Farthingnoun

    Etymology: feorðling, Saxon, from feower, four, that is, the fourth part of a penny.

    A farthing is the least denomination or fraction of money used in England. Edward Cocker, Arithmetick.

    Else all those things we toil so hard in,
    Would not avail one single farthing. Matthew Prior.

    The parish find, ’tis true; but our church-wardens
    Feed on the silver, and give us the farthings. John Gay.

    You are not obliged to take money not of gold or silver; not the halfpence or farthings of England. Jonathan Swift.

    His son builds on, and never is content,
    ’Till the last farthing is in structure spent. John Dryden, Juven.

ChatGPT

  1. farthing

    A farthing is a former British monetary unit that is equal to one quarter of a penny. It was used until the decimalization of the currency in 1971. It was often used for small purchases. The term "farthing" is also used to refer to something of very little value.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Farthingnoun

    the fourth of a penny; a small copper coin of Great Britain, being a cent in United States currency

  2. Farthingnoun

    a very small quantity or value

  3. Farthingnoun

    a division of land

  4. Etymology: [OE. furthing, AS. ferung, fr. fera fourth, fer, fewer, four. See Four.]

Wikidata

  1. Farthing

    Farthing is an alternate history novel written by Jo Walton and published by Tor Books in August 2006. A sequel, Ha'penny, was released in October 2007 by Tor Books. A third novel in the series, Half a Crown, was released in September 2008, also from Tor.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Farthing

    fär′thing, n. the fourth of a penny: anything very small: (B.) the rendering for two names of coins, one the fourth part of the other—assarion, used as the Gr. equivalent of the L. as, and kodrantes (L. quadrans), a coin equivalent to two lepta.—n. Far′thingful. [A.S. féorthing, a fourth part—féortha, fourth, and dim. -ing, or -ling.]

Etymology and Origins

  1. Farthing

    From the Anglo-Saxon feorthling, a little fourth. In olden times penny pieces were nicked across like a Good Friday bun; so they could be broken into halves and fourths as occasion required.

Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. FARTHING

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Farthing is ranked #11031 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Farthing surname appeared 2,882 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 1 would have the surname Farthing.

    93.7% or 2,701 total occurrences were White.
    2.5% or 73 total occurrences were Black.
    1.6% or 48 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
    1.3% or 39 total occurrences were of two or more races.
    0.4% or 12 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
    0.3% or 9 total occurrences were Asian.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Farthing in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Farthing in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of Farthing in a Sentence

  1. Mark Twain:

    In religion and politics people's beliefs and convictions are in almost every case gotten at second-hand, and without examination, from authorities who have not themselves examined the questions at issue but have taken them at second-hand from other non-examiners, whose opinions about them were not worth a brass farthing.

  2. Pen Farthing Pen Farthing:

    Pen Farthing Pen Farthing connection with Afghanistan stayed alive because of Nowzad, to be able to get that animal home to them, it closes the loop.

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