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.
liards
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pluralof liard.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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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
Then he asked Ulenspiegel to give him six liards for a drink.
From The Legend of the Glorious Adventures of Tyl Ulenspiegel in the land of Flanders and elsewhere by Charles de Coster
Now, look at that capon; a fatter one never carried its long legs about a stack of corn, and yet it cost but six liards.
From Agincourt The Works of G. P. R. James, Volume XX by G. P. R. (George Payne Rainsford) James
The carolusis to be held worth 12 deniers, and the vache worth 3 liards.
From The Coinages of the Channel Islands by B. Lowsley
Big blanks, little blanks, targes* and eagle liards showered into it.
From Notre-Dame De Paris by Isabel Florence Hapgood
