| 单词 | of two pounds weight |
| 释义 | > as lemmasof two pounds weight b. In phrases stating how much a thing weighs, as of two pounds weight. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > measurement > measurement by weighing > as determined by weighing [phrase] > stating specific weight of two pounds weight1389 1389 in J. T. Smith & L. T. Smith Eng. Gilds (1870) 30 Also a knaue chyld..beren a candel yat day, ye wygthe of to pound. ?c1455 J. Fastolf in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) II. 123/1 ij tapers of wax of ij li. wyghte. 1479 in H. E. Malden Cely Papers (1900) 19 And ij salt salers of sylver of the weyth of x unse or xj. 1553 R. Eden tr. S. Münster Treat. Newe India sig. Jviij The fleshe therof wayed .xlvij. pound weyght. 1557 R. Record Whetstone of Witte sig. Ri A Cube of Brasse of 4 inches square, doth weighe 7 pounde weighte. 1600 W. Shakespeare Much Ado about Nothing iii. iv. 25 T'will be heauier soone by the weight of a man. View more context for this quotation 1758 Payne's Universal Chron. 29 July–5 Aug. 141/2 A Turtle of upwards of 500 lb. wt. < as lemmas |
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