[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

sterling \ster"ling\, a.
   1. belonging to, or relating to, the standard british money
      of account, or the british coinage; as, a pound sterling;
      a shilling sterling; a penny sterling; -- now chiefly
      applied to the lawful money of england; but sterling cost,
      sterling value, are used. "with sterling money." --shak.
      1913 webster

   2. genuine; pure; of excellent quality; conforming to the
      highest standard; of full value; as, a work of sterling
      merit; a man of sterling good sense.
      1913 webster

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

sterling \ster"ling\, n. engin.
   same as starling, 3.
   1913 webster
see also:
starling 

[3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

sterling \ster"ling\, n. oe. sterlynge, starling, for
   easterling, ll. esterlingus, probably from easterling, once
   the popular name of german trades in england, whose money was
   of the purest quality: cf. mhg. sterlink a certain coin. cf.
   east. "certain merchants of norwaie, denmarke, and of
   others those parties, called ostomanni, or as in our vulgar
   language we tearme them, easterlings, because they lie east
   in respect of us." --holinshed. "in the time of . . . king
   richard the first, monie coined in the east parts of germanie
   began to be of especiall request in england for the puritie
   thereof, and was called easterling monie, as all inhabitants
   of those parts were called easterlings, and shortly after
   some of that countrie, skillful in mint matters and allaies,
   were sent for into this realme to bring the coine to
   perfection; which since that time was called of them
   sterling, for easterling." --camden. "four thousand pound of
   sterlings." --r. of gloucester.
   1. any english coin of standard value; coined money.
      1913 webster

            so that ye offer nobles or sterlings. --chaucer.
      1913 webster

            and roman wealth in english sterling view.
                                                  --arbuthnot.
      1913 webster

   2. a certain standard of quality or value for money.
      1913 webster

            sterling was the known and approved standard in
            england, in all probability, from the beginning of
            king henry the second's reign.        --s. m. leake.
      1913 webster
see also:
east 

[4] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

starling \star"ling\ -li^ng, n. oe. sterlyng, a dim. of oe.
   stare, as. staer; akin to as. stearn, g. star, staar, ohg.
   stara, icel. starri, stari, sw. stare, dan. staer, l.
   sturnus. cf. stare a starling.
   1. zool. any passerine bird belonging to sturnus and
      allied genera. the european starling sturnus vulgaris
      is dark brown or greenish black, with a metallic gloss,
      and spotted with yellowish white. it is a sociable bird,
      and builds about houses, old towers, etc. called also
      stare, and starred. the pied starling of india is
      sternopastor contra.
      1913 webster

   2. zool. a california fish; the rock trout.
      1913 webster

   3. a structure of piles driven round the piers of a bridge
      for protection and support; -- called also sterling.
      1913 webster

   rose-colored starling. zool. see pastor.
      1913 webster
see also:
stare sturnus sturnus vulgaris stare starred sternopastor contra 
sterling rose-colored starling pastor 

[5] : WordNet (r) 2.0

sterling
     adj : highest in quality syn: greatest, sterlinga, superlative
     n : british money; especially the pound sterling as the basic
         monetary unit of the uk
see also:
greatest sterlinga superlative 

[6] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

191 moby thesaurus words for "sterling":
   christian, admirable, and pence, authentic, blameless, bona fide,
   candid, capital, card-carrying, cash, circulating medium, clean,
   coinage, coined liberty, cold cash, creditable, currency, decent,
   dinkum, divine, dollars, emergency money, erect, estimable,
   ethical, excellent, exceptional, exquisite, fair, filthy lucre,
   financial, fine, first-class, fiscal, following the letter,
   fractional currency, full of integrity, genuine, gilt-edged,
   glorious, gold, golden, good, hard cash, hard currency, heavenly,
   high-minded, high-principled, highly respectable, honest,
   honest-to-god, honorable, immaculate, immense, inartificial,
   incomparable, inviolate, irreproachable, just, law-abiding,
   law-loving, law-revering, lawful, legal tender, legitimate,
   lifelike, literal, lucre, magnificent, mammon, managed currency,
   manly, marvelous, matchless, medium of exchange, mintage, monetary,
   money, moral, natural, naturalistic, necessity money, noble,
   nonpareil, numismatic, nummary, original, pecuniary, peerless,
   pelf, postage currency, postal currency, pounds, principled, pure,
   real, realistic, reputable, respectable, right, right-minded,
   righteous, rightful, scrip, sensational, shillings, silver,
   simon-pure, simple, sincere, soft currency, specie, splendid,
   splendiferous, spotless, stainless, sumptuary, super, superb,
   supereminent, superexcellent, superfine, superior, superlative,
   sure-enough, terrific, the almighty dollar, the wherewith,
   the wherewithal, tremendous, true, true to life, true to nature,
   true to reality, true-dealing, true-devoted, true-disposing,
   true-souled, true-spirited, truehearted, unadulterated, unaffected,
   unassumed, unassuming, unblemished, uncolored, unconcocted,
   uncopied, uncorrupt, uncorrupted, uncounterfeited, undefiled,
   undisguised, undisguising, undistorted, unexaggerated,
   unfabricated, unfanciful, unfeigned, unfeigning, unfictitious,
   unflattering, unimagined, unimitated, unimpeachable, uninvented,
   unpretended, unpretending, unqualified, unromantic, unsimulated,
   unspecious, unspotted, unstained, unsullied, unsynthetic,
   untarnished, unvarnished, upright, uprighteous, upstanding, verbal,
   verbatim, veridical, verisimilar, very good, virtuous, wonderful,
   word-for-word, worthy, yeomanly

[7] : Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)

sterling. current money of great britain, but anciently a small coin, worth 
about one penny; and so called, as some suppose, because it was stamped with 
the figure of a small star, or, as others suppose, because it was first 
stamped in england in the reign of king john, by merchants from germany 
called esterlings. pounds sterling, originally signified so many pounds in 
weight of these coins. thus we find in matthew paris, a.d. 1242, the 
expression "accepit a rege pro stipendio tredecim libras esterlingorum." the 
secondary or derived sense is a certain value in current money, whether in 
coins or other currency. lowndes, 14. watts' gloss. ad verbum. 

[8] : U.S. Gazetteer (1990)

sterling, ak cdp, fips 73070
  location: 60.51518 n, 150.79705 w
  population 1990: 3802 2179 housing units
  area: 220.9 sq km land, 7.3 sq km water
  zip codes: 99672
sterling, co city, fips 73935
  location: 40.62649 n, 103.19914 w
  population 1990: 10362 4791 housing units
  area: 14.0 sq km land, 0.0 sq km water
  zip codes: 80751
sterling, ct
  zip codes: 06377
sterling, id
  zip codes: 83210
sterling, il city, fips 72546
  location: 41.79823 n, 89.69153 w
  population 1990: 15132 6364 housing units
  area: 10.5 sq km land, 0.5 sq km water
  zip codes: 61081
sterling, ks city, fips 68200
  location: 38.20916 n, 98.20578 w
  population 1990: 2115 878 housing units
  area: 3.2 sq km land, 0.0 sq km water
  zip codes: 67579
sterling, ma
  zip codes: 01564
sterling, mi village, fips 76420
  location: 44.03213 n, 84.02031 w
  population 1990: 520 190 housing units
  area: 2.6 sq km land, 0.0 sq km water
  zip codes: 48659
sterling, nd
  zip codes: 58572
sterling, ne village, fips 47150
  location: 40.46189 n, 96.37806 w
  population 1990: 451 217 housing units
  area: 1.0 sq km land, 0.0 sq km water
  zip codes: 68443
sterling, ny
  zip codes: 13156
sterling, oh
  zip codes: 44276
sterling, ok town, fips 70150
  location: 34.74952 n, 98.17244 w
  population 1990: 684 337 housing units
  area: 2.1 sq km land, 0.0 sq km water
sterling, pa
  zip codes: 18463
sterling, ut town, fips 72940
  location: 39.19430 n, 111.69087 w
  population 1990: 191 77 housing units
  area: 0.6 sq km land, 0.0 sq km water
sterling, va cdp, fips 75376
  location: 39.00133 n, 77.40830 w
  population 1990: 20512 7344 housing units
  area: 17.2 sq km land, 0.0 sq km water
  zip codes: 22170

[9] : U.S. Gazetteer Counties (2000)

sterling -- u.s. county in texas
   population 2000:    1393
   housing units 2000: 633
   land area 2000:     923.357747 sq. miles 2391.485484 sq. km
   water area 2000:    0.131714 sq. miles 0.341137 sq. km
   total area 2000:    923.489461 sq. miles 2391.826621 sq. km
   located within:       texas tx, fips 48
   location:             31.818347 n, 101.045503 w
   headwords:
    sterling
    sterling, tx
    sterling county
    sterling county, tx

[10] : U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)

sterling, ak -- u.s. census designated place in alaska
   population 2000:    4705
   housing units 2000: 2554
   land area 2000:     77.309128 sq. miles 200.229713 sq. km
   water area 2000:    2.079789 sq. miles 5.386628 sq. km
   total area 2000:    79.388917 sq. miles 205.616341 sq. km
   fips code:            73070
   located within:       alaska ak, fips 02
   location:             60.529635 n, 150.797887 w
   zip codes 1990:     99672
   note: some zip codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   headwords:
    sterling, ak
    sterling

[11] : U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)

sterling, ne -- u.s. village in nebraska
   population 2000:    507
   housing units 2000: 234
   land area 2000:     0.404357 sq. miles 1.047279 sq. km
   water area 2000:    0.000000 sq. miles 0.000000 sq. km
   total area 2000:    0.404357 sq. miles 1.047279 sq. km
   fips code:            47150
   located within:       nebraska ne, fips 31
   location:             40.461893 n, 96.378355 w
   zip codes 1990:     68443
   note: some zip codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   headwords:
    sterling, ne
    sterling

[12] : U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)

sterling, co -- u.s. city in colorado
   population 2000:    11360
   housing units 2000: 5171
   land area 2000:     6.872008 sq. miles 17.798417 sq. km
   water area 2000:    0.000000 sq. miles 0.000000 sq. km
   total area 2000:    6.872008 sq. miles 17.798417 sq. km
   fips code:            73935
   located within:       colorado co, fips 08
   location:             40.625430 n, 103.211783 w
   zip codes 1990:     80751
   note: some zip codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   headwords:
    sterling, co
    sterling

[13] : U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)

sterling, ok -- u.s. town in oklahoma
   population 2000:    762
   housing units 2000: 348
   land area 2000:     0.797247 sq. miles 2.064860 sq. km
   water area 2000:    0.000000 sq. miles 0.000000 sq. km
   total area 2000:    0.797247 sq. miles 2.064860 sq. km
   fips code:            70150
   located within:       oklahoma ok, fips 40
   location:             34.749450 n, 98.169470 w
   zip codes 1990:    
   note: some zip codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   headwords:
    sterling, ok
    sterling

[14] : U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)

sterling, il -- u.s. city in illinois
   population 2000:    15451
   housing units 2000: 6596
   land area 2000:     4.672171 sq. miles 12.100868 sq. km
   water area 2000:    0.188128 sq. miles 0.487249 sq. km
   total area 2000:    4.860299 sq. miles 12.588117 sq. km
   fips code:            72546
   located within:       illinois il, fips 17
   location:             41.796805 n, 89.693258 w
   zip codes 1990:     61081
   note: some zip codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   headwords:
    sterling, il
    sterling

[15] : U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)

sterling, ks -- u.s. city in kansas
   population 2000:    2642
   housing units 2000: 963
   land area 2000:     1.419463 sq. miles 3.676391 sq. km
   water area 2000:    0.035204 sq. miles 0.091178 sq. km
   total area 2000:    1.454667 sq. miles 3.767569 sq. km
   fips code:            68200
   located within:       kansas ks, fips 20
   location:             38.210658 n, 98.204549 w
   zip codes 1990:     67579
   note: some zip codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   headwords:
    sterling, ks
    sterling

[16] : U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)

sterling, mi -- u.s. village in michigan
   population 2000:    533
   housing units 2000: 197
   land area 2000:     1.001597 sq. miles 2.594125 sq. km
   water area 2000:    0.000000 sq. miles 0.000000 sq. km
   total area 2000:    1.001597 sq. miles 2.594125 sq. km
   fips code:            76420
   located within:       michigan mi, fips 26
   location:             44.032145 n, 84.020308 w
   zip codes 1990:     48659
   note: some zip codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   headwords:
    sterling, mi
    sterling

[17] : U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)

sterling, ut -- u.s. town in utah
   population 2000:    235
   housing units 2000: 81
   land area 2000:     0.240713 sq. miles 0.623444 sq. km
   water area 2000:    0.000000 sq. miles 0.000000 sq. km
   total area 2000:    0.240713 sq. miles 0.623444 sq. km
   fips code:            72940
   located within:       utah ut, fips 49
   location:             39.194264 n, 111.691627 w
   zip codes 1990:    
   note: some zip codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   headwords:
    sterling, ut
    sterling

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