Definition of "liard" [liard]

• A small French coin, equivalent to a quarter of a sou. (noun)

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• "A liard is a farthing french, and of the value of half a farthing english."
• "The coins most commonly found at archaeological sites in Quebec have been the copper double tournois, the copper douzain, the billon douzain, the copper liard, and the silver quatre sols."
• "You were not there, Lucy, that day, and perhaps may not have the book, as Gal-liard is not a favourite with you."