Silverling
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 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!"
- 2 Baccharis halimifolia, a shrub of the aster family.
Example
More examples"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!"
Etymology
From silver + -ling?
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