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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

EASTERLING

n.A native of some country eastward of another. 1. A species of waterfowl.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

EASTERLING

East "er *ling, n. Etym: [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. Merchants of Norway, Denmark, ... called. .. Easterlings because they lie east in respect of us. Holinshed.

2. A piece of money coined in the east by Richard II. of England. Crabb.

3. (Zoöl.)

Defn: The smew.

EASTERLING

EASTERLING East "er *ling, a.

Defn: Relating to the money of the Easterlings, or Baltic traders. See Sterling.