Definition of Eastirling
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.
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.) The smew.
East"er*ling, a. Relating to the
money of the Easterlings, or Baltic traders. See
Sterling.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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