Farthing
[fahr-th ing] /ˈfɑr ðɪŋ/
noun
1.
a former bronze coin of Great Britain, equal to one-fourth of a British penny: withdrawn in 1961.
2.
something of very small value:
I don’t care a farthing for your opinion.
/ˈfɑːðɪŋ/
noun
1.
a former British bronze coin, worth a quarter of an old penny, that ceased to be legal tender in 1961
2.
something of negligible value; jot
n.
Old English feorðung “quarter of a penny,” a diminutive derivative of feorða “fourth” (from feower “four”) + -ing “fractional part.” Cognate with Old Frisian fiardeng, Middle Low German verdink, Old Norse fjordhungr.
Used in biblical translation of Latin quadrans “quarter of a denarius;” the English coin (of silver until 17c., later of copper or bronze), first was minted under Edward I and abolished 1961.
I shall geat a fart of a dead man as soone As a farthyng of him. [Heywood, “Proverbs,” 1562]
(1.) Matt. 10:29; Luke 12:6. Greek assarion, i.e., a small _as_, which was a Roman coin equal to a tenth of a denarius or drachma, nearly equal to a halfpenny of our money. (2.) Matt. 5:26; Mark 12:42 (Gr. kodrantes), the quadrant, the fourth of an _as_, equal to two lepta, mites. The lepton (mite) was the very smallest copper coin.
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