liard

¹ American  

[lee-ahr, lee-ar] / liˈɑr, liˈar /

noun

plural

liards

1. a former silver coin of France, the fourth part of a sol, issued from the 15th century to 1793 and made from copper after 1650.

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Liard ² American  

[lee-ahrd, lee-ahrd, -ahr] / ˈli ɑrd, liˈɑrd, -ˈɑr /

noun

1. a river in W Canada, flowing from S Yukon through N British Columbia and the Northwest Territories into the Mackenzie River. 550 miles (885 km) long.

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Liard ¹ British  

/ -ˈɑː, ˈliːɑːd, liːˈɑːd /

noun

1. a river in W Canada, rising in the SE Yukon and flowing east and then northwest to the Mackenzie River. Length: 885 km (550 miles)

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liard ² British  

/ lɪˈɑːd /

noun

1. a former small coin of various European countries

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Etymology

Origin of liard

1535–45; named after G. Liard, 15th-century French minter

Example Sentences

He keeps Guatemala "as orderly as an empty bil liard table," himself patrols the whole country on a motorcycle.

From Time Magazine Archive

At this point Tonkin turned from the smuggler with a fling, muttering in an undertone as he went, “I don’t b’lieve ’ee, Cuttance, for thee’rt a liard, so I’ll watch ’ee, booy.”

From Deep Down, a Tale of the Cornish Mines by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)

A liard is a farthing french, and of the value of half a farthing english.

From The Stranger in France or, a Tour from Devonshire to Paris Illustrated by Engravings in Aqua Tint of Sketches Taken on the Spot. by Carr, John, Sir

There are also several low points which the river, that is here about three hundred yards in breadth, sometimes overflows, and are shaded with the liard, the soft birch, the spruce, and the willow.

From Voyages from Montreal Through the Continent of North America to the Frozen and Pacific Oceans in 1789 and 1793 Vol. II by Mackenzie, Alexander

The banks are high, and well clothed with the liard, spruce, fir, alder, birch-tree, and willows.

From Narrative of a Journey to the Shores of the Polar Sea, in the Years 1819-20-21-22, Volume 1 by Franklin, John