Meaning of Sterling | Babel Free

Definitions

1. An English silver penny first introduced by the Normans.
   countable
2. A Scottish surname, variant of Stirling.
3. A penny issued in other countries, such as Scotland.
   broadly, countable
4. An English surname, thought to be a variant of Starling.
5. The currency of the United Kingdom, based on the pound sterling; hence, genuine English or British currency, as contrasted with foreign currency.
   broadly, uncountable
6. A unisex given name transferred from the surname.
7. Short for sterling silver (“an alloy containing not less than 92.5 percent silver, the remainder usually being copper; articles made from this alloy collectively”).
   abbreviation, alt-of, broadly, uncountable
8. A number of places in the United States:
9. A census-designated place in Kenai Peninsula Borough, Alaska.
10. Former British gold or silver coinage of a standard fineness (0.91666 for gold and 0.925 for silver).
    broadly, historical, uncountable
11. A city, the county seat of Logan County, Colorado.
12. Synonym of pennyweight (“a unit of mass equal to 24 grains, or ¹⁄₂₀ of a troy ounce”)
    broadly, countable, obsolete
13. A town in Windham County, Connecticut.
14. Money generally.
    broadly, obsolete, uncountable
15. A census-designated place in Glynn County, Georgia.
16. The standard degree of fineness.
    broadly, obsolete, uncountable
17. An unincorporated community in Bingham County, Idaho.
18. A city in Whiteside County, Illinois.
19. A ghost town in Jackson County, Iowa.
20. A city in Rice County, Kansas, named after Sterling Rosan.
21. A town in Worcester County, Massachusetts.
22. A village in Deep River Township, Arenac County, Michigan.
23. An unincorporated community in Howell County, Missouri.
24. An unincorporated community in Madison County, Montana.
25. A village in Johnson County, Nebraska.
26. A town in Cayuga County, New York.
27. An unincorporated community in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina.
28. An unincorporated community in Burleigh County, North Dakota.
29. A census-designated place in Milton Township, Wayne County, Ohio.
30. A town in Comanche County, Oklahoma.
31. An unincorporated community in Woodward Township, Clearfield County, Pennsylvania.
32. A town in Sanpete County, Utah.
33. A census-designated place in Loudoun County, Virginia.
34. An unincorporated community in Skagit County, Washington.
35. A town in Polk County, Wisconsin.
36. A town in Vernon County, Wisconsin.
37. A number of townships, listed under Sterling Township.

Equivalents

Examples

“Nummus […] is taken for braſſe pens, or els pieces of ſiluer of the valu of a dandiprat or i. d. ob. a pece or there about, ſo that yͤ thouſand peces wer moche about the ſomme of twentie nobles sterlynges [i.e., nobles of sterlings].”

“"I do not fear your curses," said Philippe [Philip II of France]. "You have no right to pronounce them on the realm of France. Your words smell of English sterlings."”

“In England sterlings and nobles were struck, both of them often counterfeited.”

“Ophe[lia]. He hath my Lord of late made many tenders / Of his affection to me. / […] / Pol[onius]. Marry I vvill teach you, thinke your ſelfe a babie / That you haue tane [taken] theſe tenders for true pay / VVhich are not ſterling, tender your ſelfe more dearely […]”

“[D]rop the ten ſhillings into this Baſon; […] So, iſt right Iacke? iſt ſterling?”

“By uſeful Obſervations he can tell / The ſacred Charms that in true Sterling dvvell.”

“[T]he Tenants are obliged by their Leaſes to pay Sterling vvhich is Lavvful Current Money of England, […]”

“[A]mong the objects stolen was the famous parure of Black Diamonds, for which a bid of half a million sterling had just been made and accepted.”

“Many of the women cleaned house for other women, soaping fine china and polishing heavy sterling, […]”

“[…] Sterling vvas the knovvn and approved Standard in England, in all Probability, from the Beginning of King Henry the Second's Reign. But King John vvas undoubtedly the firſt vvho introduced Sterling Money in Ireland.”

“[E]ight of them [carats] make but one Sterlin, and a Sterlin is the 24 part of an ounce.”

“[T]he Lavv hath not left it in the Povver of the Prerogative to compel the Subject to take any Money, beſide Gold and Silver of the Right Sterling and Standard.”

“Near the bridge the bubbles rose large as oak-apples; he was kicking four webs together, having sighted the fish. The bubbles ended in another swirl by a weed-fringed sterling, and a delicate swift water-arrow shot away between the two piers of the middle arch—the peal, or sea-trout, had gone down, passing three inches off the snapt jaws.”

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