† pesonn.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymons: French peisson, peson.

Etymology: < Anglo-Norman peisson, peson, etc., and Middle French peson a small weight of twenty-four to forty-three ounces (1244 in Old French), a balance weight on a spindle (1260), a type of balance similar to a steelyard (13th cent.) < Anglo-Norman and Old French peis peise n. + -on , diminutive suffix (compare -oon suffix).

Obsolete. rare.

A balance similar to a steelyard, employing balls as counterweights.

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poundereOE

auncel1298

baublea1425

shaft1429

poundrelc1450

peson1459

trebuchet1550

handsale1607

trolley-scale1909

1459 Inventory Fastolf's Wardrobe in Paston Lett. (1904) III. 173 In primis, a peson of gold, it fayleth v balles, weiyng xxiij unces gold.

1462 J. Paston Inventory in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) I. 107 A cuppe and a peson of gold weyng xlvj vnc.

1847 J. O. Halliwell Dict. Archaic & Provinc. Words II Peson, an instrument in the form of a staff, with balls or crockets, used for weighing before scales were employed.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2020).

单词	peson
释义	† pesonn. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymons: French peisson, peson. Etymology: < Anglo-Norman peisson, peson, etc., and Middle French peson a small weight of twenty-four to forty-three ounces (1244 in Old French), a balance weight on a spindle (1260), a type of balance similar to a steelyard (13th cent.) < Anglo-Norman and Old French peis peise n. + -on , diminutive suffix (compare -oon suffix). Obsolete. rare. A balance similar to a steelyard, employing balls as counterweights. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > measurement > measurement by weighing > equipment for weighing > [noun] > a weighing apparatus > other weighing apparatus poundereOE auncel1298 baublea1425 shaft1429 poundrelc1450 peson1459 trebuchet1550 handsale1607 trolley-scale1909 1459 Inventory Fastolf's Wardrobe in Paston Lett. (1904) III. 173 In primis, a peson of gold, it fayleth v balles, weiyng xxiij unces gold. 1462 J. Paston Inventory in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) I. 107 A cuppe and a peson of gold weyng xlvj vnc. 1847 J. O. Halliwell Dict. Archaic & Provinc. Words II Peson, an instrument in the form of a staff, with balls or crockets, used for weighing before scales were employed. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2020). < n.1459
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