liard
noun
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.
liard
1 American
[lee-ahr, lee-ar]
/ liˈɑr, liˈar /
noun
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liards
plural
Liard
2
American
[lee-ahrd, lee-ahrd, -ahr]
/ ˈli ɑrd, liˈɑrd, -ˈɑr /
noun
Liard
1
British
/ ˈliːɑːd, liːˈɑːd, -ˈɑː /
noun
liard
2
British
/ lɪˈɑːd /
noun
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of liard
1535–45; named after G. Liard, 15th-century French minter
Example Sentences
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He keeps Guatemala "as orderly as an empty bil liard table," himself patrols the whole country on a motorcycle.
From Time Magazine Archive
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 Sir John Carr
The trees are spruce, red-pine, cypress, poplar, white birch, willow, alder, arrow-wood, red-wood, liard, service-tree, bois-picant, &c.
From Voyages from Montreal Through the Continent of North America to the Frozen and Pacific Oceans in 1789 and 1793 Vol. II by Alexander Mackenzie
Yes, gents, nothing; for who that had a liard would not bestow it to hear the adventures of poor little Gringalet, Cut-in-Half, and the wicked Gargousse?
From The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 5 of 6 by Eugène Sue
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 John Franklin
Another firefighter, Adam Yeadon, 25, died Saturday while fighting a wildfire near his home in Fort Liard, N.W.T.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 18, 2023
The person, who has not yet been named, died from injuries sustained while fighting a fire near Fort Liard in the Northwest Territories on Saturday.
From BBC ● Jul. 16, 2023
The Northern Rockies Lodge is definitely the top place to stay in the northern half of British Columbia, especially when the must-visit, world-class Liard River Hot Springs is 34 miles away.
From Seattle Times ● May 25, 2023
Sophie Liard, “The Folding Lady” whose TikTok and Instagram tutorials went viral during the covid-19 pandemic, answered your questions about how to make the most of small spaces, folding laundry and more on Thursday.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 21, 2022
There is a public campground at Liard River, from which a boardwalk leads half a mile across a marsh to a series of natural thermal pools.
From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer
There was, in fact, no such thing as order-money, except for liards, and thus it did not apply to sous or livres.
From The Coinages of the Channel Islands by B. Lowsley
She turned her back, throwing into the basin a silver florin, which rang among the liards, and made the poor goodwives of the chapel of Etienne Haudry open their eyes.
From Notre-Dame De Paris by Isabel Florence Hapgood
Now take notice that a denier is worth six liards.
From The Legend of Ulenspiegel, Volume I (of 2) And Lamme Goedzak, and their Adventures Heroical, Joyous and Glorious in the Land of Flanders and Elsewhere by Charles Th?odore Henri de Coster
But he found there nothing but an old scapular, seven liards, three breeches-buttons, and a few rosaries.
From The Legend of the Glorious Adventures of Tyl Ulenspiegel in the land of Flanders and elsewhere by Charles de Coster
The value of the sol relative to the liard was raised fifty per cent.; that is, six liards were to be estimated as equivalent to one sol, instead of four liards as heretofore.
From The Coinages of the Channel Islands by B. Lowsley
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