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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈfɑː(ɹ).ðɪŋ/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-farthing.wav , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-farthing.wav Forms: farthings [plural]
Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)ðɪŋ Etymology: From Middle English ferthing, from Old English fēorþing, fēorþung (“a quarter, fourth part, farthing”), from fēorþa (“fourth”), from Proto-Germanic *fedurþungaz (“a quarter”), probably influenced by Old Norse fjórðungr (“a fourth part, quarter”). Equivalent to fourth + -ing; compare English riding (“third part”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|ferthing}} Middle English ferthing, {{inh|en|ang|fēorþing}} Old English fēorþing, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*fedurþungaz|t=a quarter}} Proto-Germanic *fedurþungaz (“a quarter”), {{cog|non|fjórðungr|t=a fourth part, quarter}} Old Norse fjórðungr (“a fourth part, quarter”), {{af|en|fourth|-ing|nocat=1}} fourth + -ing, {{cog|en|riding#Etymology_2|riding|third part}} English riding (“third part”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} farthing (plural farthings)
  1. (historical) Former British unit of currency worth one-quarter of an old penny; or a coin representing this. Tags: historical Categories (topical): Coins, Historical currencies, Money Translations (former British unit of currency worth one-quarter of an old penny): фартинг (farting) [masculine] (Bulgarian), čtvrtpenny [feminine] (Czech), duonpenco (Esperanto), farthing [masculine] (French), φαρδίνι (fardíni) [neuter] (Greek), pārenga (Maori), pātene (Maori), фа́ртинг (fárting) [masculine] (Russian), ọ̀níní (Yoruba)
    Sense id: en-farthing-en-noun--onN1RFW Disambiguation of Coins: 95 4 1 Disambiguation of Historical currencies: 98 1 1 Disambiguation of Money: 95 3 2 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English links with manual fragments, English links with redundant alt parameters, English links with redundant wikilinks, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Yoruba translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 81 17 2 Disambiguation of English links with manual fragments: 80 17 3 Disambiguation of English links with redundant alt parameters: 84 14 2 Disambiguation of English links with redundant wikilinks: 84 13 2 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 77 16 6 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 84 11 5 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 87 9 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 86 11 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 91 7 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 90 7 3 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 74 22 4 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 80 14 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 77 18 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 88 9 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 89 8 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 84 11 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Yoruba translations: 90 7 3 Disambiguation of 'former British unit of currency worth one-quarter of an old penny': 98 2 0
  2. (figurative) A very small quantity or value; the least possible amount. Tags: figuratively Synonyms: jot, shred, whit Translations (a very small quantity or value; the least possible amount): vindra [feminine] (Czech), flok [masculine] (Czech), grešle [feminine] (Czech), Groschen [masculine] (German), Heller [masculine] (German), Pfifferling [masculine] (German), Pfennig [masculine] (German), fillér (Hungarian), fitying (Hungarian), fabatka (Hungarian), lyukas garas (Hungarian)
    Sense id: en-farthing-en-noun-9UvWliHJ Disambiguation of 'a very small quantity or value; the least possible amount': 2 98 0
  3. (obsolete) A division of land. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-farthing-en-noun-cgkcPB-P
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: riding

Noun [Middle English]

Head templates: {{head|enm|noun}} farthing
  1. Alternative form of ferthing Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: ferthing
    Sense id: en-farthing-enm-noun-OZXvgkD8 Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
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      "word": "farthingdale"
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
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          "text": "\"Nay, Heaven forbid, indeed,\" quoth Robin, \"that I should take from such as thee, jolly fellow! Not so much as one farthing would I take from thee, for I love a fair Saxon face like thine right well—more especially when it cometh from Locksley Town, and most especially when the man that owneth it is to marry a bonny lass on Thursday next. But come, tell me for what price thou wilt sell me all of thy meat and thy horse and cart.\"",
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          "ref": "1895, Parliament of Western Australia, Parliamentary Debates, Legislative Council and Legislative Assembly VIII, page 163",
          "text": "We must keep them to the fact that the duty is one and three quarter farthings, or nearly a half-penny in the pound and no more, and any one who tries to work it out any other way is not acting fairly in the matter."
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          "ref": "1908, W[illiam] B[lair] M[orton] Ferguson, chapter II, in Zollenstein, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC:",
          "text": "I had never defrauded a man of a farthing, nor called him knave behind his back. But now the last rag that covered my nakedness had been torn from me. I was branded a blackleg, card-sharper, and murderer.",
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          "ref": "1927-29, M.K. Gandhi, The Story of My Experiments with Truth, translated 1940 by Mahadev Desai, Part I, Chapter xvi",
          "text": "That period of infatuation was not unrelieved by a certain amount of self-introspection on my part. I kept account of every farthing I spent, and my expenses were carefully calculated. Every little item such as omnibus fares or postage or a couple of coppers spent on newspapers, would be entered, and the balance struck every evening before going to bed. That habit has stayed with me ever since, and I know that as a result, though I have had to handle public funds amounting to lakhs, I have succeeded in exercising strict economy in their disbursement, and instead of outstanding debts have had invariably a surplus balance in respect of all the movements I have led."
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        "Alternative form of ferthing"
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          "ferthing",
          "ferthing#Middle_English"
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        "alt-of",
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}
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    "Terms with Czech translations",
    "Terms with Esperanto translations",
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    "Terms with German translations",
    "Terms with Greek translations",
    "Terms with Hungarian translations",
    "Terms with Maori translations",
    "Terms with Russian translations",
    "Terms with Yoruba translations",
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    {
      "word": "brass farthing"
    },
    {
      "word": "chuck-farthing"
    },
    {
      "word": "farthingdale"
    },
    {
      "word": "farthing dip"
    },
    {
      "word": "farthingland"
    },
    {
      "word": "farthingless"
    },
    {
      "word": "farthing loaf"
    },
    {
      "word": "Farthing Street"
    },
    {
      "word": "half farthing"
    },
    {
      "word": "Harrington farthing"
    },
    {
      "word": "not worth a brass farthing"
    },
    {
      "word": "penny farthing"
    },
    {
      "word": "pitch-farthing"
    },
    {
      "word": "quarter farthing"
    },
    {
      "word": "third farthing"
    },
    {
      "word": "three farthings"
    },
    {
      "word": "unofficial farthing"
    }
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          "expansion": "→ Catalan: ardit",
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        }
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      "text": "→ Catalan: ardit"
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      "args": {
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        "2": "gem-pro",
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    },
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      "args": {
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      "args": {
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      "args": {
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        "2": "riding#Etymology_2",
        "3": "riding",
        "4": "third part"
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    }
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    {
      "form": "farthings",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
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  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with historical senses",
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
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        {
          "ref": "1883, Howard Pyle, chapter V, in The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood […], New York, N.Y.: […] Charles Scribner’s Sons […], →OCLC:",
          "text": "\"Nay, Heaven forbid, indeed,\" quoth Robin, \"that I should take from such as thee, jolly fellow! Not so much as one farthing would I take from thee, for I love a fair Saxon face like thine right well—more especially when it cometh from Locksley Town, and most especially when the man that owneth it is to marry a bonny lass on Thursday next. But come, tell me for what price thou wilt sell me all of thy meat and thy horse and cart.\"",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1895, Parliament of Western Australia, Parliamentary Debates, Legislative Council and Legislative Assembly VIII, page 163",
          "text": "We must keep them to the fact that the duty is one and three quarter farthings, or nearly a half-penny in the pound and no more, and any one who tries to work it out any other way is not acting fairly in the matter."
        },
        {
          "ref": "1908, W[illiam] B[lair] M[orton] Ferguson, chapter II, in Zollenstein, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC:",
          "text": "I had never defrauded a man of a farthing, nor called him knave behind his back. But now the last rag that covered my nakedness had been torn from me. I was branded a blackleg, card-sharper, and murderer.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
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        "Former British unit of currency worth one-quarter of an old penny; or a coin representing this."
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          "currency",
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          "one-quarter",
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        ],
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          "old penny",
          "old penny"
        ],
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          "coin",
          "coin"
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        "(historical) Former British unit of currency worth one-quarter of an old penny; or a coin representing this."
      ],
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        "historical"
      ]
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1927-29, M.K. Gandhi, The Story of My Experiments with Truth, translated 1940 by Mahadev Desai, Part I, Chapter xvi",
          "text": "That period of infatuation was not unrelieved by a certain amount of self-introspection on my part. I kept account of every farthing I spent, and my expenses were carefully calculated. Every little item such as omnibus fares or postage or a couple of coppers spent on newspapers, would be entered, and the balance struck every evening before going to bed. That habit has stayed with me ever since, and I know that as a result, though I have had to handle public funds amounting to lakhs, I have succeeded in exercising strict economy in their disbursement, and instead of outstanding debts have had invariably a surplus balance in respect of all the movements I have led."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A very small quantity or value; the least possible amount."
      ],
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        "(figurative) A very small quantity or value; the least possible amount."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "jot"
        },
        {
          "word": "shred"
        },
        {
          "word": "whit"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with obsolete senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A division of land."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "division",
          "division"
        ],
        [
          "land",
          "land"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete) A division of land."
      ],
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        "obsolete"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "ipa": "/ˈfɑː(ɹ).ðɪŋ/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
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    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɑː(ɹ)ðɪŋ"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "farting",
      "sense": "former British unit of currency worth one-quarter of an old penny",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "фартинг"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "former British unit of currency worth one-quarter of an old penny",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "čtvrtpenny"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "former British unit of currency worth one-quarter of an old penny",
      "word": "duonpenco"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "former British unit of currency worth one-quarter of an old penny",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "farthing"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "fardíni",
      "sense": "former British unit of currency worth one-quarter of an old penny",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "φαρδίνι"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "former British unit of currency worth one-quarter of an old penny",
      "word": "pārenga"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "former British unit of currency worth one-quarter of an old penny",
      "word": "pātene"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "fárting",
      "sense": "former British unit of currency worth one-quarter of an old penny",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "фа́ртинг"
    },
    {
      "code": "yo",
      "lang": "Yoruba",
      "sense": "former British unit of currency worth one-quarter of an old penny",
      "word": "ọ̀níní"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "a very small quantity or value; the least possible amount",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "vindra"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "a very small quantity or value; the least possible amount",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "flok"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "a very small quantity or value; the least possible amount",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "grešle"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a very small quantity or value; the least possible amount",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Groschen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a very small quantity or value; the least possible amount",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Heller"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a very small quantity or value; the least possible amount",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Pfifferling"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a very small quantity or value; the least possible amount",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Pfennig"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "a very small quantity or value; the least possible amount",
      "word": "fillér"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "a very small quantity or value; the least possible amount",
      "word": "fitying"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "a very small quantity or value; the least possible amount",
      "word": "fabatka"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "a very small quantity or value; the least possible amount",
      "word": "lyukas garas"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Farthing"
  ],
  "word": "farthing"
}

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  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "noun",
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          "word": "ferthing"
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