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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	a former bronze coin of Great Britain, equal to one-fourth of a British penny: withdrawn in 1961.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.

[Origin: bef. 950; ME ferthing, OE féorthing. See fourth, -ing³

]

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n.

Abbr. f. A coin formerly used in Great Britain worth one fourth of a penny.
Something of very little value.

[Middle English ferthing, from Old English fēorthung; see k^wetwer- in Indo-European roots.]

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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 1971.

"I shall geat a fart of a dead man as soone As a farthyng of him." [Heywood, 1562]

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farthing
noun
a former British bronze coin worth a quarter of a penny

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Farthing

Far"ding*deal\, n. [See Farthing, and Deal a part.] The fourth part of an acre of land. [Obs.] [Written also farding dale, fardingale, etc.]

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Farthing

(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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