单词 | hay-scales |
释义 | > as lemmashay-scales hay-scales n. U.S. a public weighing-machine for weighing loads of hay, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > measurement > measurement by weighing > equipment for weighing > [noun] > a weighing apparatus > a balance > scales for weighing specific things gold-weightsa1474 hay-scales1773 1773 in Rec. Early Hist. Boston (1893) XXIII. 204 The Ground on which the Hay Scales stands. 1844 G. W. Kendall Narr. Santa Fé Exped. II. xvii. 327 They might as well say that the natives can tell the time by consulting..a pair of hay-scales. 1855 ‘Q. K. P. Doesticks’ Doesticks, what he Says v. 34 The writer,..wearied of..the same unvarying prospect of ox-teams, hay-scales,..took the roving fever. 1893 Citizen Guide to Brooklyn & Long Island 8 The old hay-scales stood there, and on its roof was the first fire~bell owned by Brooklyn. < as lemmas |
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