单词 | hustings-weight |
释义 | > as lemmashustings-weight hustings-weight n. (in Old English hustinges gewiht) a standard weight for precious metals in the 11th cent. (cf. hustinum pondus in Du Cange). ΚΠ c1000 in Thorpe Dipl. Angl. Ævi Sax. (1865) 533 Duos cyphos argenteos de xij marcis ad pondus Hustingie Londonensis.] 1032 Charter of Cnut in Kemble Cod. Dipl. IV. 37 Mid hundeahtigum marcan hwites seolfres be hustinges gewihte. 1720 J. Strype Stow's Surv. of London (rev. ed.) II. v. xxviii. 369/2 Troy-Weight, was in the Time of the Saxons called, the Hustings Weight of London. < as lemmas |
随便看 |
|
英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。