silverling
silverling noun: shekel or small silvern coin of little value.
Noun
silverling (plural silverlings)
- Shekel or small silvern coin of little value.
- As for those Samnites, and the men of Uz,
That bought my Spanish oils and wines of Greece,
Here have I purs'd their paltry silverlings.
Fie, what a trouble 'tis to count this trash!c. 1589–1590 (date written), Christopher Marlo[we], edited by Tho[mas] Heywood, The Famous Tragedy of the Rich Iew of Malta. […], London: […] I[ohn] B[eale] for Nicholas Vavasour, […], published... - And it shall come to pass in that day, that every place shall be, where there were a thousand vines at a thousand silverlings, it shall even be for briers and thorns.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Isaiah 7:23
- As for those Samnites, and the men of Uz,
- Baccharis halimifolia, a shrub of the aster family.
Forms of silverling
| plural | silverlings |
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Origin of silverling
From silver + -ling?
Questions about silverling
- What does silverling mean?
- Silverling means shekel or small silvern coin of little value.
- What part of speech is silverling?
- Silverling is a noun.
- What is the plural of silverling?
- The plural of silverling is silverlings.
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