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1 Farthing -- rank: 1000

Farthing definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary F'ARTHING, n. 1. The ... Very small price or value. It is not worth a farthing, that is, it is of very little worth, or worth ... division of land. [Not now used.] Thirty acres make a farthing-land; nine farthings a Cornish acre; and four Cornish acres ... 2 the least possible amount (it doesn't matter a farthing). Etymology: OE feorthing f. feortha fourth Webster's 1913 Dictionary Farthing Far"thing, n. [OE. furthing, AS. fe['o]r[eth ... small quantity or value. [Obs.] In her cup was no farthing seen of grease. --Chaucer. 3. A division of land. [ ...

2 Chuck farthing -- rank: 912

Chuck farthing definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Chuck farthing, a play in which a farthing is pitched into a hole; pitch farthing. Chuck hole, a deep hole in a wagon rut. Elliptic ...

3 Pitch farthing -- rank: 897

Pitch farthing definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Pitch Pitch, n. 1. A ... toss with the property of the country.'' --G. Eliot. Pitch farthing. See Chuck farthing, under 5th Chuck. 2. (Cricket) That point of the ground ...

4 Chuck-farthing -- rank: 897

Chuck-farthing definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary CHUCK-FARTHING, n. A play in which a farthing is pitched into a hole.

5 penny-farthing -- rank: 897

penny-farthing definitions Collin's Cobuild Dictionary also penny farthing(penny-farthings) A penny-farthing is an old-fashioned bicycle that had a very large ...

6 penny farthing -- rank: 882

penny farthing definitions Collin's Cobuild Dictionary see penny-farthing

7 Cue -- rank: 537

... 5. Humor; turn or temper of mind. [Vulgar.] 6. A farthing, or farthings worth. 7. The straight rod, used in playing ... Webster's I. noun Etymology: Middle English cu half a farthing (spelled form of q, abbreviation for Latin quadrans quarter of ... Cue Cue, n. [From q, an abbreviation for quadrans a farthing.] A small portion of bread or beer; the quantity bought with a farthing or half farthing. [Obs.] Note: The term was formerly current in the English ...

8 Mite -- rank: 537

... circulated in England, rated at about a third of a farthing. The name is also applied to a small coin used ... in the time of Christ. Two mites, which make a farthing. --Mark xii. 49. 3. A small weight; one twentieth of ... Roman as, which was in value nearly a halfpenny. (See FARTHING.) International Standard Bible Encyclopedia mit (lepton): The smallest copper or ... about one-fourth of a cent or half an English farthing. See MONEY. H. Porter Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms ... flea, dole, dollar, dot, dram, dribble, driblet, drop, droplet, dwarf, farthing, fiver, flea, fleck, florin, fly, flyspeck, fourpence, fourpenny, fragment, gnat ...

9 Pin -- rank: 480

... Straw (as something of no value), fig, button, rush, feather, farthing, brass farthing, trifle. II. v. a. 1. Fasten with a pin. 2 ... beads, bean, bibelot, bijou, bit, blazonry, bolt, bowlegs, bracelet, brass farthing, brassard, breastpin, broach, brooch, buckle, bung, butt, button, calf, cap ... diadem, distaff, dovetail, dress, drumstick, eagle, earring, emblems, ensigns, farce, farthing, fasces, faucet, feather, fig, figurehead, fleabite, fleur-de-lis, fob ...

10 Elliptic chuck -- rank: 414

... Elliptic polarization. See under Polarization. Webster's 1913 Dictionary Chuck farthing, a play in which a farthing is pitched into a hole; pitch farthing. Chuck hole, a deep hole in a wagon rut. Elliptic ...

11 Rush -- rank: 414

... Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms I. n. 1. Straw, farthing, copper, trifle. 2. Driving on, violent course. 3. Eager demand ... belch, bibelot, bit, blackmail, blitz, blitzkrieg, boil, bolt, boot, brass farthing, break, breakthrough, bundle, burst, burst of speed, bustle, button, buzz ... excitement, exigent, expedite, expedition, extortion, extortionate demand, farce, farinaceous plant, farthing, fastness, feather, ferment, festinate, fig, flank attack, flank speed, flare ...

12 Chuck hole -- rank: 414

Chuck hole definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Chuck farthing, a play in which a farthing is pitched into a hole; pitch farthing. Chuck hole, a deep hole in a wagon rut. Elliptic ...

13 Straw -- rank: 414

... grain after being thrashed). 2. Fig, pin, button, rush, penny, farthing, snap. II. v. a. See strew. 1811 Dictionary of the ... bean, beige, bestrew, bibelot, bird seed, bit, bole, bran, brass farthing, broadcast, bubble, buff, buff-yellow, butt, butt end, button, canary ... efflux tube, end, ensilage, ether, fag end, fairy, fallow, farce, farthing, feather, feed, fig, filings, fire hose, flaxen, fleabite, flue, flue ...

14 Joke -- rank: 327

... belly laugh, bibelot, bijouterie, bit, blue story, bon mot, brass farthing, buffoon, burlesque, butt, button, byword, byword of reproach, caper, caricature ... entendre, drollery, dupe, ethnic joke, exchange, facetiousness, fair game, farce, farthing, feather, fig, figure of fun, fleabite, fleer at, folderol, fool ...

15 Jest -- rank: 327

... merry with, bean, belly laugh, bibelot, bit, blue story, brass farthing, butt, button, byword, byword of reproach, caustic remark, cent, chaff ... entendre, drollery, dump, dupe, ethnic joke, exchange, fair game, farce, farthing, feather, fig, figure of fun, fleabite, fleer, fleer at, flout ...