EASTERLING
East"er*ling, n. Etym: [Cf. Sterling.]
1. A native of a country eastward of another; — used, by the English, of traders or others from the coasts of the Baltic. Merchants of Norway, Denmark, . . . called . . . Easterlings because they lie east in respect of us. Holinshed.
2. A piece of money coined in the east by Richard II. of England. Crabb.
3. (Zoöl.)
Defn: The smew.
EASTERLING
East"er*ling, a.
Defn: Relating to the money of the Easterlings, or Baltic traders.
See Sterling.
EASTERLY
East"er*ly, a.
1. Coming from the east; as, it was easterly wind.
2. Situated, directed, or moving toward the east; as, the easterly side of a lake; an easterly course or voyage.