n. [ Cf. Sterling. ]
Merchants of Norway, Denmark, . . . called . . . Easterlings because they lie east in respect of us. Holinshed. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Relating to the money of the Easterlings, or Baltic traders. See Sterling. [ 1913 Webster ]
a.
adv. Toward, or in the direction of, the east. [ 1913 Webster ]