2 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Easterling \East"er*ling\, a. Relating to the money of the Easterlings, or Baltic traders. See {Sterling}. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Easterling \East"er*ling\, n. [Cf. {Sterling}.] 1. A native of a country eastward of another; -- used, by the English, of traders or others from the coasts of the Baltic. [1913 Webster] Merchants of Norway, Denmark, . . . called . . . Easterlings because they lie east in respect of us. --Holinshed. [1913 Webster] 2. A piece of money coined in the east by Richard II. of England. --Crabb. [1913 Webster] 3. (Zo["o]l.) The smew. [1913 Webster]
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