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schelling

schelling noun: a silver coin formerly current in the Low Countries.

Noun

schelling (plural schellings)

  1. (historical) A silver coin formerly current in the Low Countries.
    • Pallet, provoked at his intrusion, cursed him aloud for an impudent beggarly son of a whore; and taking out a schelling, flung it upon the pavement, with manifest signs of indignation.1751, [Tobias] Smollett, The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle […], volume (please specify |volume=I to IV), London: Harrison and Co., […], →OCLC

Proper noun capitalized: Schelling

Schelling (plural Schellings)

  1. A surname.

Forms of schelling

Noun
pluralschellings
Proper noun
pluralSchellings

Origin of schelling

From Dutch schelling.

Words formed from schelling

Phrases with schelling

Questions about schelling

What does schelling mean?
Schelling means a silver coin formerly current in the Low Countries.
What part of speech is schelling?
Schelling can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of schelling?
The plural of schelling is schellings.

Words near schelling in the dictionary

  1. Scheller
  2. Schellers
  3. Schellhorn
  4. Schellhorns
  5. schellies
  6. schelling
  7. Schelling point
  8. Schelling points
  9. Schellingian
  10. Schellingianism
  11. Schellingism

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