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sterling
(encz) | sterling,šterlink n: |
Sterling
(gcide) | Sterling \Ster"ling\, n. (Engin.)
Same as Starling, 3.
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Sterling
(gcide) | Sterling \Ster"ling\, a.
1. Belonging to, or relating to, the standard British money
of account, or the British coinage; as, a pound sterling;
a shilling sterling; a penny sterling; -- now chiefly
applied to the lawful money of England; but sterling cost,
sterling value, are used. "With sterling money." --Shak.
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2. Genuine; pure; of excellent quality; conforming to the
highest standard; of full value; as, a work of sterling
merit; a man of sterling good sense.
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Sterling
(gcide) | Sterling \Ster"ling\, n. [OE. sterlynge, starling, for
easterling, LL. esterlingus, probably from Easterling, once
the popular name of German trades in England, whose money was
of the purest quality: cf. MHG. sterlink a certain coin. Cf.
East. "Certain merchants of Norwaie, Denmarke, and of
others those parties, called Ostomanni, or (as in our vulgar
language we tearme them), easterlings, because they lie east
in respect of us." --Holinshed. "In the time of . . . King
Richard the First, monie coined in the east parts of Germanie
began to be of especiall request in England for the puritie
thereof, and was called Easterling monie, as all inhabitants
of those parts were called Easterlings, and shortly after
some of that countrie, skillful in mint matters and allaies,
were sent for into this realme to bring the coine to
perfection; which since that time was called of them
sterling, for Easterling." --Camden. "Four thousand pound of
sterlings." --R. of Gloucester.]
1. Any English coin of standard value; coined money.
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So that ye offer nobles or sterlings. --Chaucer.
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And Roman wealth in English sterling view.
--Arbuthnot.
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2. A certain standard of quality or value for money.
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Sterling was the known and approved standard in
England, in all probability, from the beginning of
King Henry the Second's reign. --S. M. Leake.
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sterling
(gcide) | Starling \Star"ling\ (-l[i^]ng), n. [OE. sterlyng, a dim. of OE.
stare, AS. staer; akin to AS. stearn, G. star, staar, OHG.
stara, Icel. starri, stari, Sw. stare, Dan. staer, L.
sturnus. Cf. Stare a starling.]
1. (Zool.) Any passerine bird belonging to Sturnus and
allied genera. The European starling (Sturnus vulgaris)
is dark brown or greenish black, with a metallic gloss,
and spotted with yellowish white. It is a sociable bird,
and builds about houses, old towers, etc. Called also
stare, and starred. The pied starling of India is
Sternopastor contra.
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2. (Zool.) A California fish; the rock trout.
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3. A structure of piles driven round the piers of a bridge
for protection and support; -- called also sterling.
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Rose-colored starling. (Zool.) See Pastor.
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sterling
(wn) | sterling
adj 1: highest in quality [syn: greatest, sterling(a),
superlative]
n 1: British money; especially the pound sterling as the basic
monetary unit of the UK |
STERLING
(bouvier) | STERLING. Current money of Great Britain, but anciently a small coin, worth
about one penny; and so called, as some suppose, because it was stamped with
the figure of a small star, or, as others suppose, because it was first
stamped in England in the reign of King John, by merchants from Germany
called Esterlings. Pounds sterling, originally signified so many pounds in
weight of these coins. Thus we find in Matthew Paris, A.D. 1242, the
expression "Accepit a rege pro stipendio tredecim libras esterlingorum." The
secondary or derived sense is a certain value in current money, whether in
coins or other currency. Lowndes, 14. Watts' Gloss. Ad verbum.
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fosterling
(encz) | fosterling,chráněnec n: Zdeněk Brožfosterling,odchovanec n: Zdeněk Brož |
pound sterling
(encz) | pound sterling,anglická libra [fin.] RNDr. Pavel Piskačpound sterling,libra šterlinků Zdeněk Brož |
sterling area
(encz) | sterling area, n: |
sterling balances
(encz) | sterling balances, |
sterling bloc
(encz) | sterling bloc, n: |
sterling heights
(encz) | Sterling Heights,město - Spojené státy americké n: [jmén.] Zdeněk Brož
a automatický překlad |
sterling pound
(encz) | sterling pound,libra |
sterling silver
(encz) | sterling silver,mincovní stříbro Zdeněk Brož |
Easterling
(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.
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Merchants of Norway, Denmark, . . . called . . .
Easterlings because they lie east in respect of us.
--Holinshed.
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2. A piece of money coined in the east by Richard II. of
England. --Crabb.
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3. (Zo["o]l.) The smew.
[1913 Webster]Easterling \East"er*ling\, a.
Relating to the money of the Easterlings, or Baltic traders.
See Sterling.
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Fosterling
(gcide) | Fosterling \Fos"ter*ling\, n. [AS. f[=o]storling.]
A foster child.
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Oysterling
(gcide) | Oysterling \Oys"ter*ling\, n. (Zool.)
A young oyster.
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Sterling
(gcide) | Sterling \Ster"ling\, n. (Engin.)
Same as Starling, 3.
[1913 Webster]Sterling \Ster"ling\, a.
1. Belonging to, or relating to, the standard British money
of account, or the British coinage; as, a pound sterling;
a shilling sterling; a penny sterling; -- now chiefly
applied to the lawful money of England; but sterling cost,
sterling value, are used. "With sterling money." --Shak.
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2. Genuine; pure; of excellent quality; conforming to the
highest standard; of full value; as, a work of sterling
merit; a man of sterling good sense.
[1913 Webster]Sterling \Ster"ling\, n. [OE. sterlynge, starling, for
easterling, LL. esterlingus, probably from Easterling, once
the popular name of German trades in England, whose money was
of the purest quality: cf. MHG. sterlink a certain coin. Cf.
East. "Certain merchants of Norwaie, Denmarke, and of
others those parties, called Ostomanni, or (as in our vulgar
language we tearme them), easterlings, because they lie east
in respect of us." --Holinshed. "In the time of . . . King
Richard the First, monie coined in the east parts of Germanie
began to be of especiall request in England for the puritie
thereof, and was called Easterling monie, as all inhabitants
of those parts were called Easterlings, and shortly after
some of that countrie, skillful in mint matters and allaies,
were sent for into this realme to bring the coine to
perfection; which since that time was called of them
sterling, for Easterling." --Camden. "Four thousand pound of
sterlings." --R. of Gloucester.]
1. Any English coin of standard value; coined money.
[1913 Webster]
So that ye offer nobles or sterlings. --Chaucer.
[1913 Webster]
And Roman wealth in English sterling view.
--Arbuthnot.
[1913 Webster]
2. A certain standard of quality or value for money.
[1913 Webster]
Sterling was the known and approved standard in
England, in all probability, from the beginning of
King Henry the Second's reign. --S. M. Leake.
[1913 Webster]Starling \Star"ling\ (-l[i^]ng), n. [OE. sterlyng, a dim. of OE.
stare, AS. staer; akin to AS. stearn, G. star, staar, OHG.
stara, Icel. starri, stari, Sw. stare, Dan. staer, L.
sturnus. Cf. Stare a starling.]
1. (Zool.) Any passerine bird belonging to Sturnus and
allied genera. The European starling (Sturnus vulgaris)
is dark brown or greenish black, with a metallic gloss,
and spotted with yellowish white. It is a sociable bird,
and builds about houses, old towers, etc. Called also
stare, and starred. The pied starling of India is
Sternopastor contra.
[1913 Webster]
2. (Zool.) A California fish; the rock trout.
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3. A structure of piles driven round the piers of a bridge
for protection and support; -- called also sterling.
[1913 Webster]
Rose-colored starling. (Zool.) See Pastor.
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british pound sterling
(wn) | British pound sterling
n 1: the basic unit of money in Great Britain and Northern
Ireland; equal to 100 pence [syn: British pound, pound,
British pound sterling, pound sterling, quid] |
fosterling
(wn) | fosterling
n 1: a child who is raised by foster parents [syn: {foster-
child}, foster child, fosterling] |
pound sterling
(wn) | pound sterling
n 1: the basic unit of money in Great Britain and Northern
Ireland; equal to 100 pence [syn: British pound, pound,
British pound sterling, pound sterling, quid] |
sterling area
(wn) | sterling area
n 1: the group of countries whose currencies are tied to the
British pound sterling [syn: sterling area, {sterling
bloc}, scheduled territories] |
sterling bloc
(wn) | sterling bloc
n 1: the group of countries whose currencies are tied to the
British pound sterling [syn: sterling area, {sterling
bloc}, scheduled territories] |
sterling silver
(wn) | sterling silver
n 1: a silver alloy with no more than 7.5% copper |
sterling software, inc.
(foldoc) | Sterling Software, Inc.
A software company which was bought out by {Computer
Associates International, Inc.}
Acquisition (http://ca.com/acq/sterling/).
(2002-04-20)
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STERLING
(bouvier) | STERLING. Current money of Great Britain, but anciently a small coin, worth
about one penny; and so called, as some suppose, because it was stamped with
the figure of a small star, or, as others suppose, because it was first
stamped in England in the reign of King John, by merchants from Germany
called Esterlings. Pounds sterling, originally signified so many pounds in
weight of these coins. Thus we find in Matthew Paris, A.D. 1242, the
expression "Accepit a rege pro stipendio tredecim libras esterlingorum." The
secondary or derived sense is a certain value in current money, whether in
coins or other currency. Lowndes, 14. Watts' Gloss. Ad verbum.
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