† ferlingn.
Obsolete exc. Historical.
= farthing n.
1. As a coin: The fourth part of a penny.
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society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > English coins > [noun] > farthing
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ferlingc1000
quadransOE
quarter1389
quadrantc1450
quatrinc1470
Q1530
quadrine1557
rag1592
qua1631
grig1657
Jack?c1690
fadge1789
daddler1900
c1000 West Saxon Gospels: Luke (Corpus Cambr.) xxi. 2 Þa geseah he sume earme wydewan bringan twegen feorð-lingas.
a1300 Against King of Almaigne 10 in Pol. Songs (Camden) 69 Richard..spende al is tresour opon swyvyng; Haveth he nout of Walingford o ferlyng.
1614 W. Camden Remaines (rev. ed.) 204 Two Easterlings and one ferling.
1707 W. Fleetwood Chronicon Preciosum ii. 50 Ferling..is a Farthing, or the 4th Part of a Sterling.
2. (See quot. 1610.)
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > town as opposed to country > town or city > part of town or city > [noun]
quarter1526
ferling1610
quartier1828
urban village1867
quartiere1888
section1907
poblacion1926
neighbourhood1929
precinct1942
village1949
1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 497 There were in this Borrough foure Ferlings, that is, quarters or wards.
3.
a. The fourth part of an acre.
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the world > relative properties > measurement > measurement of area > [noun] > a system or process of measuring land > an acre > quarter acre or rood
roodlOE
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yardc1450
particate1489
farthingdeal1543
yardland1543
stang1570
farthing-land1602
ferling1695
1695 W. Kennett Parochial Antiq. Gloss. at Furendellus A fardingel, farundel or ferling of land, i.e. the fourth part of an acre.
b. The fourth part of a hide.
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1846 G. Oliver Monasticon Dioecesis Exoniensis 321 (note) The ferling was, perhaps, thirty acres.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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