liard

plural liards

1. historicalA small French coin, equivalent to a quarter of a sou.

   I waited — not to share the booty, for, so help me God and Saint Withold! as neither I nor any of mine will touch the value of a liard, — I waited but to render my thanks to thee and to thy bold yeomen, for the life and honour ye have saved.

   1819, Walter Scott, Ivanhoe

1. A river of the North American boreal forest, flowing through Yukon, British Columbia and the Northwest Territories, Canada.