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peisen.adj.Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French pais. Etymology: Partly < Anglo-Norman pais, pas, peies, peis, peiz weight, heaviness, importance, measure of weight, piece of metal used as a standard measure of weight, load, balance (late 12th cent. or earlier; compare Old French peis (c1165) and Anglo-Norman and Old French, Middle French pois (French poids : see poise n.1)) < classical Latin pēnsum weight (see pensum n.), and partly < Anglo-Norman peise , peisse measure of weight, balance (first half of the 12th cent. as peise ; compare Old French (Blois) paise (13th cent.) and Anglo-Norman and Old French, Middle French poise ) < post-classical Latin pensa measure of weight (4th cent.; also as pesa (10th cent.; from 1130 in British sources), peisa (frequently 1213–1573 in British sources)), weight, heaviness (6th cent.), use as noun of feminine of past participle of classical Latin pendere to weigh (see pense v.1). Compare (masculine) Old Occitan, Occitan pes (a1150), Catalan pes (1284 or earlier), Spanish peso (10th cent.), Portuguese peso (1269), Italian peso (mid 13th cent. or earlier), and (feminine) Old Occitan pesa (Occitan pesa now only in the specific sense ‘load of hemp’), Catalan pesa standard measure of gold or silver (10th cent.), Spanish pesa (early 12th cent. or earlier; now chiefly in sense A. 3), Italian †pesa (1265 or earlier).The late Middle English form pey (compare quot. c1475 at sense A. 3b) represents an inferred singular. N.E.D. (1904) also gives the pronunciation (pīz) /piːz/. Now Scottish and English regional (chiefly northern and south-western). A. n.†1. the world > matter > properties of materials > weight or relative heaviness > [noun] > property of being heavy a1382 (Bodl. 959) (1959) Gen. xliii. 21 We founden money in þe mouþ of sackez, þat now in þe same peyse [a1425 L.V. weiȝte; L. eodem pondere] we han brouȝt aȝeyn. a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus (BL Add.) f. 17v In here substaunces & vertu, þey [sc. angels] beþ noȝt I-greued wiþ wiȝt noþir pecys [v.r. peys] of body [L. corpulentie mole]. ?a1400 (a1338) R. Mannyng (Petyt) (1996) i. l. 8677 Þo stones..ere so heuy & of suilk pais [a1450 Lamb. peys], þat non has force ne fosoun to remoue þam. ?a1475 (1922) 223 (MED) In feyth it is An hevy ston, Ryth sad of weyth & hevy of peys. a1500 in (1905) 27 131 (MED) By the lyftyng vp of thy moste holy body on the crosse and by thy [perh. read the] vyolent peyse of ytt..haue mercy on vs. a1535 T. More (1553) iii. xxvii. sig. U.viii Lifte vp & let hang wt ye paice of al his body, bearing doune vpon the..wounded places. 1582 T. Watson xxvii When Charons boate hath felt her peaze [rhyme ease]. ?1609 G. Chapman tr. Homer xii. 116 A stone of such a paise, That one of this times strongest men, with both hands, could not raise. 1624 R. Montagu 33 Where each part sustaineth the peise alone. the mind > attention and judgement > importance > [noun] > gravity or seriousness society > morality > duty or obligation > responsibility > [noun] > burden of responsibility c1425 J. Lydgate (Augustus A.iv) iii. 3943 Ȝe Grekis..are fonned..With emprises whiche..Bene of weiȝt to ȝou inportable, And þe peis of so gret heuynes, Þat finally it wil ȝou alle oppres. 1445 tr. Claudian's De Consulatu Stilichonis in (1905) 28 281 (MED) Is his worship of so litel peys [L. leuis]? a1500 tr. A. Chartier (Rawl.) (1974) 138 (MED) Lucan..seith that the grete weight and peice of the said cite hath causid his own fall, for hevy dedis mak grevouse falles. a1500 R. Henryson tr. Æsop Fables: Wolf & Lamb l. 2667 in (1981) 99 Off his awin deidis ilk man sall beir the pais. 1569 R. Grafton II. 621 .xv. thousand men, in whom consisted the waight and peyse of the whole enterprise. 1589 G. Puttenham ii. xvii. 110 Full heauie is the paise of Princes ire. 1602 J. Marston Prol. sig. A2v That with vnused paize of stile and sense, We might waigh massy in iudicious scale. †2. the world > relative properties > measurement > measurement by weighing > [noun] > amount determined by weighing a1382 (Bodl. 959) 3 Kings x. 14 Þe peys of gold þat was offrid to Salamon bi eche ȝeer was of sixe hundrid & sixe & sixti talentis of gold. 1389 in J. T. Smith & L. T. Smith (1870) 38 Candils..brennyng abouten his corps, of xij lib. peys. a1450 (c1412) T. Hoccleve (Harl. 4866) (1897) 1689 (MED) Aduoutrie and periurie and wylful slaghtre..lik ben, & o peys þei weye. c1475 Gregory's Chron. in J. Gairdner (1876) 106 (MED) Newe nowblys..were of lasse wyght thenne was the old nobylle by the paysse of an halpeny wyght. 1540 in W. Cramond (1903) I. 48 That the leif baksteris obserwe and keip the peis and weych[t] giffin to tham. 1555 J. Proctor 45 And thereby outweye the iuste peize of bounden duetye. 1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden ii. 59 He tooke the peise of some of them by hand. the world > relative properties > measurement > measurement by weighing > [noun] > unit or denomination of weight > other disused units a1382 (Bodl. 959) 2 Kings xvi. 1 Two asses..weren charged wiþ two hundrid looues & an hundrid..peises [a1425 L.V. gobetis; L. massis] of fijges pressed & with two botelis of wyn. a1382 (Bodl. 959) (1963) 1 Kings xxv. 18 Þanne Abigail heeȝede & tooc two hundrid louys..& an hundrid bundelis of dried grape & two hundrid peis [a1425 L.V. gobetis; L. massas] of dried figes. 1419 in J. Raine (1859) 37 Custus vitri: Et in iij sem' et in iij pais' albi vitri. a1500 (Sloane) (1890) 53 ij kyne shall answere a peyse off chese betwixt ester & myghelmas. 1552 in W. H. Stevenson (1889) IV. p. xxvii For euery peyse [of tallow] sold contrary to this [order]. society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > in coin [phrase] > heavy a1400 (Laud) (1932) 1263 (MED) Þer was plente in þe place of precious stonys, Grete gaddes of gold..Platis, pecis of peys. 1451 (1814) II. 40/1 Þe Inglis new noble callit of paise sal haif cours þan for xiijs. iiijd. 1456 (1814) II. 46/1 Þe henry Ingliss noble of paiss. 3. concrete. the world > relative properties > measurement > measurement by weighing > equipment for weighing > [noun] > a weight a1382 (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Prov. xx. 10 Peis and peis [?a1425 L.V. Gloss. a weiȝte grettere in biynge, and a weiȝte lesse in silling], mesure and mesure; either is abhominable anent God. a1400 (c1303) R. Mannyng (Harl.) 5949 (MED) Yn coueytyse synnen marchauntys mekyl..For fals peys [Fr. faus peis] and fals mesure here soules haue mysauenture. c1400 (c1378) W. Langland (Laud 581) (1869) B. xiii. 246 I hadde neuere..ȝut of þe popis ȝifte, Saue a pardoun with a peys [v.r. payes] of led. (Harl. 221) 390 Peys of a welle, Telo. a1450 (c1412) T. Hoccleve (Harl. 4866) (1897) 60 (MED) Best is, I stryue nat Agayne þe pays [v.r. peys] of fortunes balaunce. 1479 in E. Hobhouse (1890) 113 Makyng of the peysys of ledde upon the belowys. 1844 P. Chalmers 364 Long and rather heavy cylindrical pieces of lead or metal, named paces. 1880 M. A. Courtney W. Cornwall Words in M. A. Courtney & T. Q. Couch 41/2 Paysen, peizen, weights. 1899 J. Grosart 164 Willie Wastle's weaver pace stones. the world > time > instruments for measuring time > clock > [noun] > part(s) of 1428 in H. Nicolas (1834) III. 289 (MED) To the said clokmaker..for ij cordes of threde for the littil pais, ij s. c1475 (a1449) J. Lydgate Testament (Harl. 218) 401 in (1911) i. 344 Like an orloge whan the peys [v.r. pey] is goo. 1597 in S. Ree (1908) II. 56 To agree..with ane man to cast the paisis of the knox. 1600 R. Cawdrey 60 A Clocke can neuer stand still from running, so long as the peases and plummets doo hang thereat. 1637 S. Rutherford (1664) i. cxxxi. 255 The wheels, paces and motions of this poor Church. 1642 D. Rogers 208 The peize and weight which this carnall world hangs upon a Religion of form. 1670–90 in A. Edgar (1885) 35 [Getting cords for the] paizes. 1726 in J. J. Vernon (1900) 210 Paid for tows to pease stones..£0. 8. 0. 1781 Caledonian Mercury 1 Dec. in (1968) at Paise v. Coal-backets and Fire-pans, Clock and Window Paces. the world > relative properties > relationship > equality or equivalence > [noun] > equilibrium a1400 (c1303) R. Mannyng (Harl.) 5668 (MED) Þe fende had leyd yn balaunce..lofe aȝens hys dedys..þe lofe made even peys. c1450 (?a1400) (Ashm.) 3260 Man..Suld noȝt be foun in him fast ne ferme ne stable, Bot..hingand in payse [a1500 Trin. Dub. on payse]. 1603 R. Johnson tr. G. Botero 263 Their forces may..bee saide to be ballanced with a iust and equall peyze. 1609 sig. C4 Let your faire hand be beame vnto the ballance, And with a stedded peyze, lift vp that beame. 1867 W. F. Rock (E.D.D.) xxx. 10 I've lost ma paise. 1990 D. Davie (new ed.) 404 The beam kicks: lift-off Man, no counterweight in the pan, no peise, no pondering, no poise, no avoirdupois. the world > movement > impact > [noun] > forcible, heavy, or violent 1490 (1962) lii. 201 Alle at one peyse cam and spored their horses nyghe vnto the ooste of Subyon. 1493 (1515) (de Worde) f. 35 With a grete peyse they let the crosse and the body fall downe togyder in to the mortesse. 1590 E. Spenser iii. ii. sig. Ddv He [sc. Ptolemy] with a peaze it [sc. the glass tower] brake. 1602 J. Marston v. i. sig. I2 That she may fal with a more waightie paise. †B. adj. ( attributive). society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > [adjective] > heavy or light c1450 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker (1884) I. 613/26 Sterlingus, a striylyng or a peyspeny. 1463 in S. Tymms (1850) 35 (MED) I yeve and be qwethe to Seynt Edmond and his schryne my hevy peys noble, wich weyeth xx s. 1469 in F. W. Weaver (1901) 215 I bequethe 20 s. of peise grotes. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online June 2022). peisev.Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French peiser. Etymology: < Anglo-Norman paiser, peiser, peisser, Anglo-Norman and Middle French peser (c1050 in Old French; French peser ) to burden, oppress, grieve (a person) (c1050), to weigh (an object) (late 12th cent.), to consider, ponder, examine attentively (a person or thing) (end of the 12th cent.), to have a specified weight (c1170), to be heavy (c1200) < classical Latin pēnsāre to weigh (see pense v.1). Compare Old Occitan pesar , pezar , Catalan pesar (14th cent.), Spanish pesar (beginning of the 13th cent.), Portuguese pesar (13th cent.), Italian pesare (mid 13th cent. or earlier). Compare poise v.Anglo-Norman forms in -ai- , -ei- originated in the levelling throughout the conjugation of Old French peis- , stressed stem of peser (see discussion at poise v.). Sense 4 is not attested in French, which has only contrepeser (see counterpoise v.) in this sense. N.E.D. (1904) also gives the pronunciation (pīz) /piːz/. Now chiefly Scottish and English regional ( northern and south-western). 1. the world > relative properties > measurement > measurement by weighing > ascertain the weight of [verb (transitive)] a1382 (Bodl. 959) (1961) Lev. xxvii. 25 Al eymynge shal be peisid [L. ponderabitur] wiþ þe cycle of þe seyntuarye. a1382 (Bodl. 959) (1969) Isa. xlvi. 6 Ȝee..bringen gold fro þe bagge, & seluer with a balaunce peisen. c1400 (a1376) W. Langland (Trin. Cambr. R.3.14) (1960) A. v. 131 Þe pound þat heo weid [v.rr. paied; peysede] by. (Harl. 221) 390 Peysyn, or weyyn, Pondero, libro, trutino. c1450 tr. G. Deguileville (Cambr.) (1869) 137 (MED) She heeld..a balaunce wherinne she peisede [Fr. pesoit] the zodiac and the sunne in gret entente to putte hem to sale. a1500 (?a1410) J. Lydgate Churl & Bird (Lansd.) 312 in (1934) ii. 481 (MED) Al my body, peised [v.r. peyssed] in balaunce, Weieth nat an vnce. ?a1560 L. Digges (1571) iii. xv. sig. S iij It mought be paised or waighed in Ballance. 1586 T. Bright xiv. 74 The ballance peaseth all kinde of waighty things alike. 1609 P. Holland tr. Ammianus Marcellinus 28 To weigh and peise the mountaines. 1662 in J. D. Marwick (1881) II. 486 Quhen the tanners paises ane of theis hydis. the world > relative properties > measurement > measurement by weighing > ascertain the weight of [verb (transitive)] > again > estimate weight by holding in hands a1393 J. Gower (Fairf.) viii. 1169 (MED) This Maister to the Cofre is come; He peiseth ther was somwhat in. 1539 R. Taverner sig. B.i The seruaunt peysing now this, now that boxe..at laste chase that whiche conteyned the lead. 1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden i. 34 Pearles, the bignesse and weight whereof he was wont to peise and trie by his hand. 1824 J. Mactaggart 94 Amaist, like Bonar, he a skep Cou'd paise and sleely han'le. 1880 F. M. Peard xi. 138 She had just ‘pesed’ it in her hand, and the weight was nothing. a1900 ‘Mulciber Veritatis’ 7 ‘Paise’ is to mak' the han' be helpmeet to the judgement. the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > evaluation, estimation, appraisal > appraise, estimate [verb (transitive)] the mind > possession > giving > distributing or dealing out > distribute or deal out [verb (transitive)] > weigh out c1460 (a1449) J. Lydgate (1911) i. 144 (MED) Graunt vs, Iesu..Geyn our trespas gracious indulgence, Nat lik our meritis peised the qualite. a1557 N. Grimalde (song) 18 Stands largesse iust, in egall balance payzd. 1559 W. Baldwin et al. Henry VI. x Our wit and willing power are paysed by his will. c1626 H. Bisset (1920) I. 47 All his wordis and deidis appeired as they had bene pased in iust ballance. 1634 H. Peacham (new ed.) ii. vii. 125 An indifferent arbiter betweene the day and night, piezing to each his equall houres. the world > relative properties > relationship > equality or equivalence > make equal [verb (transitive)] > balance the mind > mental capacity > thought > continued thinking, reflection, contemplation > thinking about, consideration, deliberation > consider, deliberate [verb (transitive)] a1382 (Bodl. 959) xxi. 2 Þe lord, forsoþe, peiseþ [L. appendit] þe hertis. ?c1412 T. Hoccleve in E. P. Hammond (1927) 76 Preye On my behalue þt he peise and weye What myn entente is þt I speke in thee. c1440 S. Scrope tr. C. de Pisan (St. John's Cambr.) (1970) 19 The good knyghte scholde be slowe in the iugement of othir, that is to sey, to peise well the sentence or that he yeue it. a1456 (a1426) J. Lydgate (1934) ii. 681 (MED) Peysing also..Þe lawe þat wymmen allegge for þeyre partye..þe Kyng wol..Þat wyves fraunchyse stonde hoole. a1500 tr. A. Chartier (Rawl.) (1974) 234 (MED) Hadde thei peysid wele this wourde, the wolde rathir haue kepte it thanne haue spokyn it. a1500 tr. Thomas à Kempis (Trin. Dublin) (1893) 18 (MED) Þus it apperiþ hov seldom we peyse [L. pensamus] oure neighboure as ourself. 1531 J. Bellenden tr. H. Boece (1938) I. viii. iii. 308 And will we degestlye pais this mater [etc.]. 1548 f. cxlv Peisyng..the inconueniences, and harme that might fal. 1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas i. ii. 71 Lett's peize and ponder Th' Almighties Works. 1633 P. Fletcher viii. xvi. 110 Those vaunts in balance peysing, Which farre their deeds outweigh'd. a1634 A. Gardyne (1878) 76 Whill this lyfe thow leiv'd So prudentlie thow ponder'd it & paiz'd. 3. the world > relative properties > measurement > measurement by weighing > ascertain weight [verb (intransitive)] > weigh (a specific amount) a1382 (Bodl. 959) 2 Paralip. iii. 9 Goldene nailes he made so þat ecche nailes peiseden fifti ownces. a1393 J. Gower (Fairf.) v. 232 (MED) He preiseth The gold, and seith hou that it peiseth Above al other metall most. a1449 J. Lydgate (1934) ii. 768 (MED) Thynges contrary be nat accordyng..A lordis herte, a purs that peiseth liht. a1475 (?a1430) J. Lydgate tr. G. Deguileville (Vitell.) 17507 (MED) He [sc. a whirlpool] devoureth..Al that peyseth or yiveth soun; To the botme yt goth doun. a1500 tr. Thomas à Kempis (Trin. Dublin) (1893) 34 (MED) Þan shal peise [L. ponderabit] more contempte of riches þan all þe tresour of þe erþe. 1577 W. Harrison Hist. Descr. Islande Brit. i. xiii. f. 38/2, in R. Holinshed I As for our Conies, I have seene them so fat in some soiles..that the greace of one being weighed, hath peysed very neare six or 7. ounces. 1583 P. Stubbes sig. E4 To vse sinister meanes to make it pease well in waight. 1882 Rep. Provinc. 19 in (1903) IV. 410/2 This will paze more than you think. the world > action or operation > adversity > be in adversity [verb (intransitive)] > be oppressed > oppress or put stress on a1450 (c1410) H. Lovelich (1904) I. l. 2695 (MED) Dragowns there ben..and whanne thei Felen the water Sore peyse [Fr. poise] vppon hem..thanne tornen they hem bothe with gret myht. a1500 (?c1450) 37 When thei [sc. dragons] fele that the werke peyseth hevy vpon them. †4. the world > relative properties > relationship > equality or equivalence > make equal [verb (transitive)] > balance against or counterbalance a1400 (c1303) R. Mannyng (Harl.) 5568 (MED) Þey mowe be saued, ȝyf þat þey..ȝyue aȝeyn þat yche þyng Þat þey haue take yn okeryng..And þey mowe peyse [v.r. pese] here dedes ylle. 1577 G. Whetstone liv You, in Ballance of deceit wil Lawyers payze, I feare with ouer waight. 1608 T. Middleton (new ed.) ii. sig. C4 v Whose want of stoare..could not peiz thvnequall Scale Of Auarice. the world > space > relative position > support > hanging or suspension > hang or suspend [verb (transitive)] the world > relative properties > relationship > equality or equivalence > make equal [verb (transitive)] > make equal or put on a par or level a1425 (c1395) (Royal) (1850) Prov. viii. 29 He peiside [a1382 E.V. heeng vp; L. appendebat] the foundementis of erthe. a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil (1957) v. vii. 84 Eneas Pasis thair wecht als lychtlie as a fas. 1567 A. Golding tr. Ovid (new ed.) viii. f. 99 The workman..Did peyse his bodie on his wings, and in the Aire on hie Hung wauering. 1590 R. Harvey 12 She peaseth the sword of Iustice, with an vprighte hand. 1633 P. Fletcher ii. vii. 18 Upon this base a curious work is rais'd,..Though soft, yet lasting, with just balance pais'd. the world > relative properties > relationship > equality or equivalence > make equal [verb (transitive)] > balance against or counterbalance > one thing with another c1450 (?c1408) J. Lydgate (1901) 6671 (MED) Wommen sholde of verray ryght Peysen mercy and pyte Ageyn Daunger and cruelte. c1450 tr. (Royal) 17 (MED) The wisdome of god peysith euenly, and ordeyneth alle thingis forto serve to his creaturis. a1500 tr. A. Chartier (Rawl.) (1974) 31 (MED) Iff thou mervaile vpon the oppressions of iustice, peyse ageinst that the grette largesse of His graces that be vnknowen. 1595 (1879) 29 Twixt Hope, and Feare in doubtfull ballance pezed. 1601 R. Johnson tr. G. Botero 76 The citie of Lubecke..doth in so euen a ballance pease [1603 peayse] the differences of these two nations; as it suffereth not the one to practise against the other. 1622 G. de Malynes 183 The needle, being a bodie indued with two seuerall properties, the one of Grauitie, and the other of Leuitie, which being equally peized, forceth him to abide in the Horizon. 1639 L. Lawrence tr. San Pedro de Diego 41 Were the passions, which to give y'are pleas'd, In equall balance with my service peas'd. 5. the world > movement > impelling or driving > impel or drive [verb (transitive)] > by impact or force the world > matter > properties of materials > weight or relative heaviness > weight [verb (transitive)] > press downwards by its weight c1440 (?a1400) 3042 Paysede and pelid down playsterede walles. the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > upward movement > raising > make to go up or cause to rise [verb (transitive)] > raise by mechanical instrument > with a lever or pole 1783 J. Losh MS Coll. N. Country Words in (1903) IV. 410/2 [Peise]. 1825 J. T. Brockett Pase,..to raise, to lift up, to open with violence. 1876 F. K. Robinson ‘Paze it loose, the lock is blunder'd’. 1888 F. T. Elworthy at Payze Take the iron bar and payze up the end o' un, eens can put the chain in under-n. 1928 A. E. Pease 93/2 Pāse, pāze, paise, to apply leverage, to lever up or raise by force, to prise open... ‘Pāăze it oppen wi' yon screwe-driver.’ ‘Get them styans pāz'd oop i' t'yatsteead.’ 6. the world > action or operation > adversity > suffer (adversity or affliction) [verb (transitive)] > afflict > oppress or afflict the world > matter > properties of materials > weight or relative heaviness > weight [verb (transitive)] > make heavy > add weight to a1450 (1885) 429 (MED) Thei peysed hym to pynne hym. a1464 J. Capgrave (Cambr. Gg.4.12) (1983) 114 Þe dukes standard was trode vndirfote, whech vilony þe duke peisid ful heuyly, and hom he went with his hoost, purposing in þis mater to be venged. a1500 ( J. Yonge tr. (Rawl.) (1898) 199 He became mournynge and Sorefull and hugely hym peyset that he had god so mych y-grewid. 1525 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart II. clxx. [clxvi.] 497 He were worthy to peyse the gybet. 1573–4 in H. J. F. Swayne (1896) 122 For ij li. of Iron to payse the clocke iiijd. 1597 W. Shakespeare v. v. 58 Least leaden slumber peise me downe. View more context for this quotation 1627 H. Burton To Rdr. 4 The wise Pilot, that can make vse of baser earth for balasse, to peize the vessell. 1915 R. C. Thompson 220 Perhaps the pay drew me, perhaps overmuch bricks and mortar peised me down. the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > move downwards [verb (intransitive)] > sink > under weight or pressure > tend downwards under its own weight a1500 (?a1390) J. Mirk (Gough) (1905) 45 (MED) He was naylet hond and fote to þe crosse, and soo heuen vp, þat þe body paysude downe to hys fete. a1500 (a1450) tr. (Ashm. 396) (1977) 107 (MED) Whos chekebone shewen abscised fro the eyen and ben full and peisyng and greued and round, that shewith envie. 1595 E. Spenser sig. E The cold began to couet heat, And water fire; the light to mount on hie, And th' heauie downe to peize. Derivatives the world > matter > properties of materials > weight or relative heaviness > [adjective] > heavy the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > evaluation, estimation, appraisal > [adjective] > estimated, appraised a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil (1959) viii. v. 11 Furth of plaitis gret Wyth paissit flesche plenist the altaris large [L. cumulantque oneratis lancibus aras]. 1602 J. Marston i. v. sig. C2v Whose well pais'd action euer rests vpon Not giddie humours, but discretion. the world > relative properties > measurement > measurement by weighing > [noun] the world > relative properties > relationship > equality or equivalence > [adjective] > of or relating to equilibrium > bringing into or maintaining equilibrium a1382 (Bodl. 959) (1965) Ecclus. vi. 15 To a feiþful frend is no comparisoun; þer is not worþi peisyng [a1425 L.V. weiyng; L. ponderatio] of gold & of seluer aȝeen þe goodnesse of þe feiþ of hym. c1450 (c1400) Julian of Norwich (1978) 54 (MED) The blyssyd bodye dryede alle ane lange tyme with wryngynge of the nayles and paysynge of the hede and weyght of the bodye. a1628 F. Greville Mustapha i. Chorus in (1633) 95 As equall peising liberality. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.a1382v.a1382 |