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noun
1.
a former bronze coin of Great Britain, equal to one-fourth of a British penny: withdrawn in 1961.
2.
something of very small value: I don't care a farthing for your opinion.
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Word Origin & History
farthing
O.E. feorðung "quarter of a penny," a derivative of feorða "fourth" (from feower "four") + -ing "fractional part." Used in biblical translation of L. quadrans "quarter of a denarius;" the English coin (of silver until 17c., later of copper or bronze), was first minted under Edward I and abolished
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"I shall geat a fart of a dead man as soone As a farthyng of him." [Heywood, 1562]
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Easton
Bible Dictionary
Farthing definition
(1.) Matt. 10:29; Luke 12:6. Greek assarion, i.e., a small _as_, which was a Roman coin equal to a tenth of a denarius or drachma, nearly equal to a halfpenny of our money. (2.) Matt. 5:26; Mark 12:42 (Gr. kodrantes), the quadrant, the fourth of an _as_, equal to two lepta, mites. The lepton (mite) was the very smallest copper coin.
Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
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