liard

[lee-ahr; French lee-ar]

noun, plural li·ards

[lee-ahrz; French lee-ar] /liˈɑrz; French liˈar/.

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.

Origin of liard

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

Liard

[lee-ahrd, lee-ahrd, -ahr]

noun

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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Examples from the Web for liard

Historical Examples of liard

You know, neighbour, Mother Dewis had more milk for her liard than we for two.
The Spell of Belgium
Isabel Anderson
This lake we see from the map to be the source of the Liard River.
The Remarkable History of the Hudson's Bay Company
George Bryce
They got their desert, though, when they went down in the Liard River.
The Chief of the Ranges
H. A. Cody
For if it was worth a liard, you would not be willing to give it to me.
Benjamin Franklin; Self-Revealed, Volume I (of 2)
Wiliam Cabell Bruce
The only coin apparently in circulation was the liard, and the accounts were kept in livres and sous.
The Coinages of the Channel Islands
B. Lowsley

British Dictionary definitions for liard

liard

noun

a former small coin of various European countries

Word Origin for liard

C16: after G. Liard, French minter

Liard

noun

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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