| 单词 | assize loaf |
| 释义 | > as lemmasassize loaf b. †assize loaf, a loaf of the weight fixed by the assize of bread (31 Geo. II. c. 29). †church loaf = holy loaf n. †prized loaf, a loaf of the price fixed by the assize of bread. †St. Stephen's loaf, a stone. Also holy loaf n. ΘΚΠ society > faith > artefacts > consumables > eucharistic elements > bread > [noun] > for non-communicants holy breada1300 church loaf1499 holy loaf1499 eulogy1709 eulogia1728 antidoron1850 the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > stone > a stone > [noun] stonec888 honeeOE flintc1300 rock1677 St. Stephen's loaf1694 dornick1840 the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > bread > loaf > [noun] > loaves of specific weight peck-loafa1627 quartern loaf?1711 assize loaf1762 prized loaf1762 quartern1843 four-pounder1855 sixer1877 1499 in E. Hobhouse Church-wardens' Accts. (1890) 24 Paid W. Toyt for tyndyng of the lyght and the church loffe. 1694 P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais 5th Bk. Wks. ix He took up one of St. Stephens's Loaves, alias a Stone, and was going to hit him with it. 1762 Act 3 Geo. III c. 11 No Assize Loaves of the Price of three Pence, and prized Loaves called Half Quartern Loaves,..shall..in any Place be made for Sale [etc.]. < as lemmas |
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