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. East"er*ling, a. Defn: Relating to the money of the Easterlings, or Baltic traders. See Sterling.

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