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  1. 1. n. A native of a country eastward of another; -- used, by the English, of traders or others from the coasts of the Baltic. Source: opted
  2. 2. n. A piece of money coined in the east by Richard II. of England. Source: opted
  3. 3. n. The smew. Source: opted
  4. 4. a. Relating to the money of the Easterlings, or Baltic traders. See Sterling. Source: opted
  5. 5. 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.) The smew. Relating to the money of the Easterlings, or Baltic traders. See Sterling. Source: webster
  6. 6. n. A native of a country eastward of another; -- used, by the English, of traders or others from the coasts of the Baltic. n. A piece of money coined in the east by Richard II. of England. n. The smew. a. Relating to the money of the Easterlings, or Baltic traders. See Sterling. Source: ecdict

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