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† unˈpaised, ppl. a. Obs. [un-1 8 + peise v.] Not properly weighed or balanced; defective or excessive in weight.
1390Gower Conf. Prol. 64* He that hath his word unpeysed. 1561Norton & Sackv. Gorboduc i. i, Porrex the younger so vnpaised in state, Perhappes in courage will be raised also. 1581J. Studley tr. Seneca, Herc. Œt. i. 191 b, And coulde I brooke it, Toxeus, to see thy death with woe? That wert vnwaynde in yeares, and eake in pits [? read pith; L. sanguine] vnpaysde. 1602Marston Ant. & Mel. ii. iii. 1 Seize on reuenge, graspe the sterne bended front Of frowning vengeance, with vnpaized clutch. |