\East"er*ling\, n. [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. (Zo["o]l.) The smew.

\East"er*ling\, a.
Relating to the money of the Easterlings, or Baltic traders.
See {Sterling}.