A fourth part Penny pieces used to be divided into four parts, thus, farthing, and two a halfpenny (Anglo-Saxon, feor- thung ) I don't care for it a brass farthing James II debased all the coinage, and issued, amongst other worthless coins, brass pence, halfpence, and farthings The feorthung was the fourth part of other coins Thus, we read in the Grayfriar's Chronicle: - "This yere the kynge made a newe quyne, as the nobylle, half-nobylle, and ferdyng-nobylle " Farthingalo (3 syl ) A sort of crinoline petticoat The word means a "guard for modesty " (French, vertugarde, corrupted into verdingade, and then into farthingale )
A fourth part Penny pieces used to be divided into four parts, thus: (symbol) One of these quarters was a feor-thung or farthing, and two a halfpenny (Anglo-Saxon, feor- thung ) I don't care for it a brass farthing James II debased all the coinage, and issued, amongst other worthless coins, brass pence, halfpence, and farthings The feorthung was the fourth part of other coins Thus, we read in the Grayfriar's Chronicle: - "This yere the kynge made a newe quyne, as the nobylle, half-nobylle, and ferdyng-nobylle " Farthingale (3 syl ) A sort of crinoline petticoat The word means a "guard for modesty " (French, vertugarde, corrupted into verdingade, and then into farthingale )