Far"thing (?), n. [OE.
furthing, AS. feórðung, fr. feórða fourth, feór, feówer, four. See Four.]
1. The fourth of a penny; a small copper coin of Great
Britain, being a cent in United States currency.
2. A very small
quantity or value. [Obs.]
In her cup was no farthing seen of grease.
Chaucer. 3. A division of land. [Obs.]
Thirty acres make a farthing land; nine farthings a Cornish acre; and four Cornish acres a knight's fee.
R. Carew.
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