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Sterling

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(1):

(n.) A certain standard of quality or value for money.

(2):

(a.) 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.

(3):

(n.) Any English coin of standard value; coined money.

(4):

(n.) Same as Starling, 3.

(5):

(a.) 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.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Sterling'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​s/sterling.html. 1828.
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