单词 | counter-scale |
释义 | counter-scalen. The opposite scale (of the balance); figurative in quots. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > discovery > comparison > [noun] evennessOE eveningc1225 collationc1374 respitea1382 comparison1393 proportion?a1425 resemblance?a1439 comparation1483 comparing1489 commensuration1526 parificationc1537 conferring1561 paragon1590 counter-scale1645 counterbalance1647 collibration1656 confrontation1665 similituding1681 simile1682 confronting1887 1645 J. Howell Epistolæ Ho-elianæ i. vii. 15 To compare their University [i.e. Leyden] to yours [i.e. Oxford], were to cast New-Inne in counterscale with Christ-Church Colledge. 1847 T. De Quincey Spanish Mil. Nun in Wks. (1863) III. 4 This little inevitable wreck, when placed in the counter scale to the magnificent purchase of eternal idleness. [Here prob. counter adj.] This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.1645 |
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