STERLING

I. noun see: star Date: 14th century British money, ~ silver or articles of it, II. adjective Date: 15th century 1. of, relating to, or calculated in terms of British ~, payable in ~, 2. having a fixed standard of purity usually defined legally as represented by an alloy of 925 parts of silver with 75 parts of copper, made of ~ silver, conforming to the highest standard , ~ly adverb ~ness noun