liardn.1
A small coin formerly current in France, of the value of the fourth part of a sou. Hence, typically, a coin of small value.
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society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > foreign coins > [noun] > French coins > other French coins
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a1549 A. Borde Fyrst Bk. Introd. Knowl. (1870) 191 In bras they [French] haue mietes, halfe pens, pens, dobles, lierdes..a lier is worth three brasse pens.
1572 R. Sempill Lament. Commounis Scotl. (single sheet) Haue we ane lyart na baid bot all is thairis.
1583 T. Stocker tr. Tragicall Hist. Ciuile Warres Lowe Countries iv. 53 b A pounde of course Cheese, one Sous and one Lyard.
1600 J. Pory tr. J. Leo Africanus Geogr. Hist. Afr. iii. 134 For the selling of euery duckats-woorth they haue two Liardos allowed them.
1657 W. Davenant First Days Entertainm. Rutland-House in Dram. Wks. (1873) III. 224 His fare being two brass liards.
1751 T. Smollett Peregrine Pickle II. xliii. 33 He..knew to a liard what was..given to..each.
1819 W. Scott Ivanhoe III. ii. 37 Neither I nor any of mine will touch the value of a liard.
1847 B. Disraeli Tancred II. iv. xi. 308 He would push about in the throng like a Hercules, whenever any one called out to him to fetch a liard.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1902; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
liardn.2
/ˈliːəd/, /lɪˈɑːd/, U.S. /ˈliərd/, /liˈɑrd/, Canadian English /ˈliːərd/, /liˈɑrd/ Canadian.
The balsam poplar, Populus balsamifera, of North America.
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the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > tree or shrub groups > poplars and allies > [noun]
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1809 A. Henry Trav. & Adventures Canada 128 (note) Populus nigra, called, by the Canadians, liard.
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