| 单词 | sterl |
| 释义 | > as lemmassterl A. n.1 1. a. The English silver penny of the Norman and subsequent dynasties. Often in pound of sterlings, originally a pound weight of silver pennies, afterwards a name for the English pound (240 pence) as a money of account. Also in mark, shilling, etc. of sterlings. Obsolete exc. Historical. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > English coins > [noun] > penny pennylOE sterling1297 win1567 penny piece1797 dubbeltjie1822 cross-penny1837 saltee1859 trident1898 bun-penny1958 1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (Rolls) 5949 He ȝef hem atten ende Four þousend pound of sterlynges. 1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (Rolls) 11840 Þe king..eche ȝer him sende A certein summe of sterlings to is liues ende. c1300 Fleta (1647) ii. xii. 72 Per denar' Angliæ qui sterling' appellatur, et fit rotundus, qui debet ponderare triginta duo grana frumenti mediocria. a1330 Syr Degarre 297 The ten pound of starlings Were i-spended in his fostrings. 1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. xv. 342 As in lussheborwes is a lyther alay and ȝet loketh he lyke a sterlynge. c1386 G. Chaucer Pardoner's Tale 579 Myn hooly pardon may yow alle warice So þat ye offre nobles, or sterlynges, Or elles siluer broches [etc.]. 1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Rolls) VIII. 167 Þ e kyng..ȝaf hym an hondred schillynges of sterlynges. 1418 in F. J. Furnivall Fifty Earliest Eng. Wills (1882) 32 I bequethe to Ionet my wyfe..xl. li of Sterlinges. 1423 Rolls of Parl. IV. 256/2 Silver..beyng as gode of alay as the sterlyng. a1500 Brome Bk. (1886) 149 xx s. of starlynges. 1598 J. Stow Suruay of London 42 Paide in starlings, which were pence, so called. 1854 C. M. Yonge Cameos xxvi, in Monthly Packet Jan. 19 Your words smell of English sterlings. 1861 Numism. Chron. I. 56 English and Foreign Sterlings found in Scotland. b. Scottish. Applied to the Scottish penny.This use is sometimes erroneously said to go back to the 12th cent., on the ground of its occurrence in the so-called ‘Assize of David I’, which is a compilation of later date. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > Scottish coins > [noun] > other Scottish coins sterling1387 plack1473 sture1493 stick1494 bawbee1542 hardhead1559 nonsunt1559 liona1572 atchison1600 turner1631 turnover1640 bodle1650 forty penny piece1681 rigmariea1682 cross-daggera1690 mark1762 1387 in J. D. Marwick Charters Edinb. (1871) 36 vic mark of sterlyngis of the payment of Scotlande. ?a1600 tr. Assisa de Mensuris in Sc. Acts (1844) I. 674 King David ordanyt at þe sterlyng [L. (? 15th c.) sterlingus] suld wey xxxij cornys of gude and round quhete. 1609 J. Skene tr. Stat. Robert II in Regiam Majestatem 56 b The stirlin in the time of..king David, did wey threttie twa graines of gude and round quheat: Bot now it is otherwaies, be reason of the minoration of the money. 1884 Encycl. Brit. XVII. 656/2 The oldest pieces are silver pennies or sterlings, resembling the contemporary English money, of the beginning of the 12th century. ΚΠ 1433 in F. J. Furnivall Fifty Earliest Eng. Wills (1882) 95 Y bequethe to litill Watkyn, my Godsone..x markes sterlynges. 1464 Rolls of Parl. V. 530/1 An annuall rent of xl li. Sterlinges. 1480 Table Prouffytable Lernynge (Caxton) (1964) 48 A pound sterlings. 1486 in H. Littlehales Medieval Rec. London City Church (1905) ii vj marc sterlynges. 1528 in I. S. Leadam Select Cases Star Chamber (1911) II. 20 As moche wood as ys woorth iiij powndes sterlynges. 1542 N. Udall tr. Erasmus Apophthegmes f. 248v The thousande pieces wer muche about the summe of twentie nobles sterlynges. a. = pennyweight n. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > measurement > measurement by weighing > [noun] > unit or denomination of weight > pennyweight pennyeOE denariusa1398 pennyweighta1398 sterling1474 denier1601 Easterling1614 weight1890 1474 Stat. Winch. in Cov. Leet Bk. 396 xxxij graynes of whete take out of the mydens of the Ere makith a sterling oþer-wyse called a peny; & xx sterling maketh an Ounce. 1496–7 Act 12 Hen. VII c. 5 Every unce [shall] conteyn xx sterlinges, and every sterling be of the weight of xxxij cornes of whete that growe in the myddes of the Eare of the whete. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues at Carat For eight of them [carrats] make but one sterlin, and a sterlin is the 24 part of an ounce. 1776 J. Entick Hist. London I. 160 A penny, weighing two sterlings. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > measurement > measurement by weighing > [noun] > a system or standard of weighing > specific systems or standards troy weight1390 lying-weight1454 avoirdupoisc1485 Tower weight1545 tron weight1593 sterling weight1612 overweight1656 merchant weight1704 tron1801 sicca weight1833 1612 W. Colson Gen. Treasury H h ij A Table to finde Auerdupois weight reduced to Troy weight, and sterling weight. 3. Money of the quality of the sterling or standard silver penny; genuine English money. †In the 17th cent. occasionally used rhetorically for: Money. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > [noun] silverc825 feec870 pennieseOE wortheOE mintOE scata1122 spense?c1225 spendinga1290 sumc1300 gooda1325 moneya1325 cattlec1330 muckc1330 reasona1382 pecunyc1400 gilt1497 argentc1500 gelta1529 Mammon1539 ale silver1541 scruff1559 the sinews of war1560 sterling1565 lour1567 will-do-all1583 shell1591 trasha1592 quinyie1596 brass1597 pecuniary1604 dust1607 nomisma1614 countera1616 cross and pilea1625 gingerbreada1625 rhinoa1628 cash1646 grig1657 spanker1663 cole1673 goree1699 mopus1699 quid1699 ribbin1699 bustle1763 necessary1772 stuff1775 needfula1777 iron1785 (the) Spanish1788 pecuniar1793 kelter1807 dibs1812 steven1812 pewter1814 brad1819 pogue1819 rent1823 stumpy1828 posh1830 L. S. D.1835 rivetc1835 tin1836 mint sauce1839 nobbins1846 ochre1846 dingbat1848 dough1848 cheese1850 California1851 mali1851 ducat1853 pay dirt1853 boodle?1856 dinero1856 scad1856 the shiny1856 spondulicks1857 rust1858 soap1860 sugar1862 coin1874 filthy1876 wampum1876 ooftish1877 shekel1883 oil1885 oof1885 mon1888 Jack1890 sploshc1890 bees and honey1892 spending-brass1896 stiff1897 mazuma1900 mazoom1901 cabbage1903 lettuce1903 Oscar Asche1905 jingle1906 doubloons1908 kale1912 scratch1914 green1917 oscar1917 snow1925 poke1926 oodle1930 potatos1931 bread1935 moolah1936 acker1939 moo1941 lolly1943 loot1943 poppy1943 mazoola1944 dosh1953 bickies1966 lovely jubbly1990 scrilla1994 society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > [noun] > coins and notes > kind of money > English > money of the standard of sterling1565 1565 T. Cooper Thesaurus Centussis..A rate of Romaine money conteynyng..10. Denarios, that is .x. grotes of olde sterlynge, when .viii. grotes went to an ownce. a1592 R. Greene Mamillia (1593) ii. sig. L 2 It is..so hard to descrie the true sterling from the counterfeit coyne. 1602 T. Dekker Satiro-mastix sig. D2 Drop the ten shillings into this Bason... So, ist right Iacke? ist sterling? 1605 A. Warren Poore Mans Passions E 3 Whose coffers with Commodities abound So full, that they no sterling more may hold. a1635 T. Randolph Poems (1640) 113 Hexameter's no sterling, and I feare What the brain coines goes scarce for currant there. 1699 S. Garth Dispensary ii. 18 By useful Observations he can tell The sacred Charms that in true Sterling dwell. How Gold maks [sic] a Patrician of a Slave [etc.]. 1707 J. Norris Pract. Treat. Humility vii. 320 To see a rich man that has nothing else to recommend him..but pure naked sterling, to grow proud and haughty upon a full purse..nothing can be more ridiculous. 4. a. English money as distinguished from foreign money. Formerly often in contrast to currency, i.e. the depreciated pounds, shillings, and pence of certain colonies. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > [noun] > coins and notes > kind of money > English sterling1601 1601 in T. Stafford Pacata Hibernia (1633) ii. iv. 157 Monies of this new Standard of Ireland..being brought back againe to the Exchange to be converted in sterling. 1724 J. Swift Let. to Shop-keepers of Ireland (new ed.) 9 The Tenants are obliged by their Leases to pay Sterling which is Lawful Current Money of England. 1834 J. D. Lang Hist. Acct. New S. Wales (1837) I. 206 The debts of the small settlers had all been contracted in sterling, and the price they received for their wheat..was in currency. 1890 Daily News 2 July 3/6 The lay treasurer of the society, who said that for a long time he had been opposed to the payments in India being made in sterling. 1892 Daily News 19 Dec. 3/3 The effort has been made here to draw bills on America with the notion of selling at once for sterling, and using depreciated currency to pay the bills when due. 1900 Westm. Gaz. 8 Nov. 5/2 Sterling rose as promptly as it fell during last week's chaotic Money market. (New York.) b. figurative in Australian use. (See quots.) ΘΚΠ the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Antipodes > native or inhabitant of Australia > [noun] > of English origin sterling1827 lime-juicer1859 jackeroo1864 pomegranate1912 1827 P. Cunningham Two Years New S. Wales II. xxi. 53 Our colonial-born brethren are best known here by the name of Currency, in contradistinction to Sterling or those born in the mother-country. 1834 J. D. Lang Hist. Acct. New S. Wales (1837) I. 220 Contests..between the colonial youth and natives of England, or, to use the phrase of the colony, between currency and sterling. 1892 K. Lentzner Austral. Word-bk. 19 Currency, persons born in Australia, natives of England being termed ‘sterling’. c. attributive with the sense: Related to or payable in sterling. sterling area n. the group of countries (chiefly of the British Commonwealth, from 1947 officially known as scheduled territories: see scheduled territory n. at scheduled adj. Compounds) that from 1931 to 1972 pegged their exchange rates to sterling, or kept their reserves in sterling and not in gold or dollars, and transferred money freely amongst themselves; also sterling bloc(k), sterling group. sterling balances n. deposits in sterling which are held in British banks by overseas creditors (see also quot. 1948). ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > [adjective] > English > related to or payable in sterling1894 society > trade and finance > money > value of money > [noun] > countries having gold or silver standard gold bloc1925 sterling area1932 sterling bloc(k)1932 sterling group1932 society > trade and finance > money > value of money > [noun] > countries having gold or silver standard > deposits in sterling sterling balances1948 1894 H. Bell Railway Policy India 81 A new contract..granting a sterling guarantee of 3½ per cent on the capital expended. 1894 H. Bell Railway Policy India 244 The sterling interest charges now payable on Indian railways..are equivalent to a payment of interest of over 7·6 per cent..if converted into rupees at par. 1898 W. J. Greenwood Commerc. Corr. (ed. 2) 108 This sterling invoice was sent to Hamburg. 1903 Pitman's Business Man's Guide 409 Sterling Bonds, the bonds of certain American railroad companies which have been issued in the United Kingdom and are payable in English currency, and not in that of the United States. 1912 Times 19 Dec. 16/3 Sterling exchange was irregular. 1932 B. Blackett in Times 23 Jan. 12/4 What I have called the sterling area is sufficiently large and diversified to enable it to be to a very large extent self-contained. 1935 Economist 5 Jan. 1/2 The devaluation of the dollar and of the currencies of the sterling group..means that the currency value of the world's existing gold supply has immensely increased. 1935 Economist 26 Jan. 216/2 They might reasonably hope for a moderate increase in trade during the coming year, particularly, between countries within the ‘sterling bloc’. 1937 A. Huxley Ends & Means v. 41 This has already been done in the case of the Sterling Bloc, which is composed of countries whose rulers have decided that it is worth while to co-ordinate their separate national plans so that they shall not interfere with one another. 1948 G. Crowther Outl. Money (ed. 2) v. 170 Overseas countries, especially those of the Commonwealth, were content during the war to sell more to Britain than they bought from her, and to take bank deposits in London..in payment of the difference. These were the famous ‘sterling balances’. 1949 A. Koestler Promise & Fulfilm. xv. 166 On February 22, 1948, Palestine was at short notice expulsed from the Sterling Block. 1956 R. S. Sayers Financial Policy viii. 235 The Sterling Area became a legal entity, an area inside which payment in sterling was unrestricted. 1977 Time 24 Jan. 14/1 In the past three decades, few remnants of that empire have bedeviled the British more than the ‘sterling balances’—deposits from governments and private parties abroad that are kept in British banks and government bonds. 1979 H. Wilson Final Term 3 The Sterling Area was dismantled at a stroke. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > kind or sort > generality > [adjective] > general or prevalent commona1325 generala1393 usual1396 popular?a1425 riveda1513 vulgarc1550 current1563 afloat1571 widespread1582 penny-rife1606 catholic1607 spacious1610 epidemical1614 epidemial1616 epidemic1617 prevailent1623 regnant1623 fashionablea1627 wide-spreading1655 endemical1658 prevalent1658 endemiala1682 obtaining1682 prevailing1682 endemious1684 sterling1696 running1697 (as) common as dirt (also muck)1737 prevailant1794 exoteric1814 endemic1852 widish1864 prolate1882 going1909 society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > metal > precious metal > [noun] > gold or silver > degree of purity of allaya1325 toucha1325 assayc1430 finesse1463 betternessc1530 alloy1593 standarda1684 sterling1696 titre1839 1696–7 Act 8 & 9 Will. III c. 8 §8 Plate of finer Siluer then the Sterling or Standard ordained for the Moneys of this Realme. 1724 J. Swift Let. to Mr. Harding 6 Gold and Silver of the Right Sterling and Standard. B. adj. (Formerly often abbreviated ster., sterl.) 1. In pound etc. sterling, altered from the older pound etc. (of) sterlings (see A. 1a, A. 1c), and originally used in the same sense. Hence, in later use, appended to the statement of a sum of money, to indicate that English money is meant. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > [adjective] > English pound etc. sterling1444 α. β. a1578 R. Lindsay Hist. & Cron. Scotl. (1899) I. 236 Ane hundreith thowsand pound stiruiling.1589 Exch. Rolls Scot. XXII. 17 Fra the scheref of Selkirk, 6d. strivling..fra the scheref of Drumfreis, 3s. money, 1d. striviling.1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1888) I. 333 He was redeimet with a ransoune of ane hunder libs stirling.1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1895) II. 355 [He] suld pay xx shilling Stirueleng for his offence.1611 J. Speed Hist. Great Brit. ix. xii. 582/2 His [sc. David II's] ransome was one hundreth thousand Markes striueling.1613–18 S. Daniel Coll. Hist. Eng. in Wks. (Grosart) V. 261 The ransome of a hundreth thousand Markes stirulin.1444 Rolls of Parl. V. 115/1 That the Seneschall..and other Officers..forfete M. marks sterlyng. 1523 Act 14 & 15 Hen. VIII c. 12 §1 They shall stryke..as many halfe grotes..as shall amount to the somme of .xx. li. sterlyng. 1535 G. Joye Apol. Tindale 22 iiij pense halpeny starling. 1665 J. Lamont Diary (1830) 176 He was dew..of excyse,..ane thowsande lib. sterl. 1673 W. Temple Observ. United Provinces ii. 86 Above Sixteen hundred thousand pounds Sterling a year. 1689 in Acts Parl. Scotl. (1875) XII. 60/1 Þat they retaine 25 lib. starling of the excyse. 1713 J. Watson in tr. J. de La Caille Hist. Art of Printing Pref. 16 For which he was to have a Salary of 100 lib. Sterl. per Annum. 1717 in Minutes of Evid. Nairne Peerage (1873) 31 in Sessional Papers House of Lords (H.L. A) XII. 65 Bet[ween] seven and eight hundred pound sterline yearly. 1724 J. Swift Let. to Mr. Harding 12 England gets a Million Sterl. by this Nation. 1727 A. Hamilton New Acct. E. Indies I. xxi. 249 A Xerapheen is worth about sixteen Pence half Peny Ster. 1803 Gazetteer Scotl. Introd. p. xxii The shilling Scots is the 12th part of a shilling sterling, or one penny sterling; the pound Scots..is equal to one shilling and eightpence sterling. 1838 A. De Morgan Ess. Probabilities 18 Concerns which now employ many millions sterling. 1849 C. Lyell 2nd Visit U.S. II. 167 The value of the whole..amounting to 350,000 dollars, or 73,500l. sterling. 1856 R. W. Emerson Eng. Traits xiii. 225 The religion of England..believes in a Providence which does not treat with levity a pound sterling. 2. a. Prefixed as the distinctive epithet of lawful English money or coin. Now rare. †Also, in early Scottish use, of lawful Scots money. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > [adjective] > legal or current gooda1325 sterlingc1400 α. β. 1488 in Acts Lords of Council Civil Causes (1839) I. 98/2 Twa vnces of striuilin pennyis.1535 W. Stewart tr. H. Boethius Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) III. 382 Fiftie thousand of stirling mony gude To pay in hand.1588 Exch. Rolls Scot. XXI. 391 The comptar discharrgis him of striviling money..extending to 32d.1609 J. Skene tr. Stat. David II in Regiam Majestatem 44 It is statute that the kings money, that is, stirlin money, sall not be caried furth of the Realme.c1400 Brut clxiii. 182 The Kyng [Edw. I] ordeynede þat þe sterlinge halfpeny and ferthinge shulde go þrouȝ-out his lande. 1480 Table Prouffytable Lernynge (Caxton) (1964) 16 Ryallis nobles of englond..Olde sterlingis pens. 1482 in H. E. Malden Cely Papers (1900) 100 The sowdeers hath leiver to be payd here at xxvj s viij d. than hawe in Yngland sterlyng money. 1561 T. Norton tr. J. Calvin Inst. Christian Relig. iv. xviii. f. 146 (margin) The common price of a Masse in fraunce is .iii. Karolus..about the value of a sterling grote. 1565 T. Cooper Thesaurus at Census equestris, 400 Sestertia, of olde sterlyng money 2000 poundes. 1590 E. Webbe Rare & Wonderfull Things (new ed.) sig. C2v A penny loafe of English starling money, was worth a crowne of golde. 1600 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 2 ii. i. 122 Pay her the debt..you may doe with sterling mony. View more context for this quotation 1634 H. Peacham Compl. Gentleman (new ed.) xii. 122 Libra or Pondo..was worth of sterlin money three pounds. 1651 J. Marius Advice Bills of Exchange 69 How to bring French Crownes into Starling Money. 1755 in Minutes of Evid. Nairne Peerage (1873) 36 in Sessional Papers House of Lords (H.L. A) XII. 65 Eighteen pounds eighteen shillings ster1 money. 1816 W. Scott Antiquary I. i. 14 Three shillings of sterling money of this realm. 1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. I. iii. iii. 103 And, say, in sterling money, three hundred thousand a year. b. Phrase, to pass for (later as) sterling. Chiefly figurative. Also, to allow, mark for sterling. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > foundation in fact, validity > be or remain valid [verb (intransitive)] standOE holdc1315 to hold out water1598 to run on all fours1617 hold water1622 to pass for (later as) sterling1641 ring1857 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > foundation in fact, validity > describe truly [verb (transitive)] > authenticate authenticc1475 authenticate1612 to allow, mark for sterling1641 1641 J. Milton Animadversions 21 Setting aside the odde coinage of your phrase, which no mintmaister of language would allow for sterling. 1651 N. Culpeper Astrol. Judgm. Dis. (1658) 154 If the credit of Hippocrates may passe for starling, he protests that [etc.]. 1725 D. Defoe Compl. Eng. Tradesman I. xviii. 301 What are they but washing over a brass shilling to make it pass for sterling? 1780 E. Burke Speech Bristol previous to Election 5 If our member's conduct can bear this touch, mark it for sterling. 1817 J. Mill Hist. Brit. India III. vi. i. 30 Such are the inconsistencies of a speech, which yet appears to have passed as sterling in the assembly to which it was addressed. ΚΠ a1568 R. Ascham Scholemaster (1570) ii. f. 35v This waie of exercise was..reiected iustlie by Crassus and Cicero: yet allowed and made sterling agayne by M. Quintilian. 1608 W. Shakespeare Richard II iv. i. 254 If my name be starling, yet in Englang Let it commaund a mirour hether strayte. 3. a. Of silver: †Having the same degree of purity as the penny. (obsolete) Hence, in later use: Of standard quality. sterling mark, sterling stamp: the hallmark guaranteeing sterling quality.With the first quot. 1488-9 cf. quot. 1423 at sense A. 1a. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > metal > precious metal > [adjective] > silver > of standard quality sterling1488 society > communication > indication > marking > mark of quality > [noun] > on gold or silver touch1423 sterling stamp1684 hallmark1721 sterling mark1776 plate-mark1858 countermark- 1488–9 Act 4 Hen. VII c. 2 All suche fyne silver..shall be..made soo fyne that it may bere xij. peny weyght of alaye in a pound wight, And yet it be as good as sterlynge and rather better than worse. 1551 J. Williams Acct. Monastic Treasures (1836) 86 In grotes stricken wt harpes, the some of ml ml li, converted and made..of ml dcxxv li sterlinge siluer. 1677 W. Badcock Touch-stone Gold & Silver Wares 35 If it [plate] be worse then Starling it will appear Yellowish. 1681 London Gaz. No. 1632/4 Five Silver-Hilted Swords, the Hilts of which are found upon the Tryal, more then one Shilling in every Ounce worse than the Sterling. 1684 Earl of Roscommon Ess. Translated Verse 20 Before the Radiant Sun, a Glimmering Lamp; Adult'rate Mettals to the Sterling Stamp, Appear not meaner, than mere humane Lines, Compar'd with those whose Inspiration shines. 1723 London Gaz. No. 6134/4 Silver..Shooe-Clasps, mark'd Old Sterling. 1743 N. Tindal tr. P. Rapin de Thoyras Hist. Eng. (ed. 3) II. xvii. 157 A pound of old Sterling Silver [was coined] into Half-Shillings, [etc.]. 1776 A. Smith Inq. Wealth of Nations I. i. x. 151 The sterling mark upon plate, and the stamps upon..cloth, give the purchaser much greater security. View more context for this quotation b. In figurative context. (Passing into sense A. 4) ΚΠ 1689 J. Collier Moral Ess. conc. Pride 73 There is another Profession, which possibly does not glitter altogether so much upon the Sense, but for all that, if you touch it 'twill prove right Sterling. 1767 W. Harte Amaranth 35 True faith, like gold into the furnace cast, Maintains its sterling pureness to the last. 1785 W. Cowper Task vi. 990 What is base No polish can make sterling. 1785 W. Cowper Task v. 358 Were kingship as true treasure as it seems, Sterling, and worthy of a wise man's wish, I would not [etc.]. c. absol. Sterling silver tableware. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > setting table > table utensils > [noun] service1468 plate1545 gold plate1579 table service1664 table plate1669 dinner service1765 tableware1772 dinner set1796 dinnerware1800 dining set1805 serveware1958 foodware1961 sterling1974 1974 State (Columbia, S. Carolina) 3–4 Mar. g2/1 Sterling promises to grow both more valuable, and more beautiful, with time. Its luminous beauty..is destined to take on the soft, lustrous patina..prized by so many collectors of antique silver. 1977 ‘E. McBain’ Long Time no See iv. 48 The women cleaned house for other women, soaping fine china and polishing heavy sterling. 4. Of character, principles, qualities, occasionally of persons: Thoroughly excellent, capable of standing every test. 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Howell New Vol. of Lett. 247 'Twas your judgement, which all the world holds to be sound and sterling, induced me hereunto. 1755 E. Young Centaur v, in Wks. (1757) IV. 219 This love, supposing it sterling, I (stultus ego!) returned in kind. 1781 W. Cowper Table Talk 638 Then decent pleasantry and sterling sense..Whipp'd out of sight, with satire just and keen, The puppy pack that had defil'd the scene. 1789 J. Wolcot Subj. for Painters in Wks. (1816) II. 20 The Dev'l's a fellow of much sterling humour. 1815 W. H. Ireland Scribbleomania 70 I..advise this nobleman to apply his abilities to some more sterling and lasting theme. 1824 L.-M. Hawkins Annaline I. 248 I know the sterling qualities you have. 1828 W. Sewell Domest. Virtues Greeks & Romans 33 They derived from their Celtic origin..many sound and sterling principles of conduct. 1832 W. Irving Alhambra I. 83 The nephew..is a young man of sterling worth, and Spanish gravity. 1876 J. B. Mozley Univ. Serm. (1877) iv. 74 Gospel prophecy would not only develope what was sincere and sterling in man, but what was counterfeit in him too. 1891 C. Roberts Adrift in Amer. 147 Her husband also was one of the most sterling good-hearted men I ever knew. 1896 A. E. Housman Shropshire Lad lxii. 92 Then the world seemed none so bad, And I myself a sterling lad. < as lemmas |
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