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far⋅thing

  [fahr-thing]
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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 a former bronze coin of Great Britain, equal to one-fourth of a British penny: withdrawn in 1961.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 fēorthing. See fourth, -ing 3
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far·thing   (fär'thĭng)   
n.  

  1. Abbr. f. A coin formerly used in Great Britain worth one fourth of a penny.

  2. Something of very little value.


[Middle English ferthing, from Old English fēorthung; see kwetwer- in Indo-European roots.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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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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