Silverling
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Silverling is a noun meaning Shekel or small silvern coin of little value.
Meaning
Shekel or small silvern coin of little value.
More Meanings
- Baccharis halimifolia, a shrub of the aster family.
Example Sentences
And it shall come to pass in that day, that every place shall be, where there were a thousand vines at a thousand silverlings, it shall even be for briers and thorns.
As for those Samnites, and the men of Uz, That bought my Spanish oils and wines of Greece, Here have I purs'd their paltry silverlings. Fie, what a trouble 'tis to count this trash!
Word Forms
- silverlings
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include shekel, sheqel, sicle, lepton, agora, mite.
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