frasilahn.

Forms: Also 1500s farazuola, frasoll, 1600s frasslee.

Etymology: modern Arabic fārsalah, plural farāsulah ; by some scholars thought to be of Romanic origin: compare parcel n., adv., and adj.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈfrasilah.

A weight varying from 12 to 35 pounds, used in the East.

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the world > relative properties > measurement > measurement by weighing > [noun] > unit or denomination of weight > units in the Near East

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1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde f. 237^v The farazuola (which is .xxii. poundes and syxe vnces).

1584 W. Barrett in R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations (1589) i. 214 Which barre..is 20 frasoli, and euery frasoll is 10 manaes.

1698 J. Fryer New Acct. E.-India & Persia 211 The Weights by which they are bought, are Baharrs and Frasslees; each Baharr 20 Frasslees, each Frasslee 12l.

1867 D. Livingstone 25 Aug. in Last Jrnls. (1874) I. ix. 228 An old man..had once carried five frasilahs (= 175 lbs.) of ivory.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	frasilah
释义	frasilahn. Forms: Also 1500s farazuola, frasoll, 1600s frasslee. Etymology: modern Arabic fārsalah, plural farāsulah ; by some scholars thought to be of Romanic origin: compare parcel n., adv., and adj.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈfrasilah. A weight varying from 12 to 35 pounds, used in the East. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > measurement > measurement by weighing > [noun] > unit or denomination of weight > units in the Near East frasilah1555 rotolo1583 rottol1583 maund1584 oke1585 1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde f. 237^v The farazuola (which is .xxii. poundes and syxe vnces). 1584 W. Barrett in R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations (1589) i. 214 Which barre..is 20 frasoli, and euery frasoll is 10 manaes. 1698 J. Fryer New Acct. E.-India & Persia 211 The Weights by which they are bought, are Baharrs and Frasslees; each Baharr 20 Frasslees, each Frasslee 12l. 1867 D. Livingstone 25 Aug. in Last Jrnls. (1874) I. ix. 228 An old man..had once carried five frasilahs (= 175 lbs.) of ivory. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1555
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