单词 | pile weight |
释义 | > as lemmaspile weight ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > measurement > measurement by weighing > equipment for weighing > [noun] > a weight > series of pile1440 Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 398 Pyle, of weyynge, libramentum. 1446 in J. Raine Testamenta Eboracensia (1865) III. 103 (MED) De j pare stokbalance, cum j pyle plumbi. 1476 in P. E. Jones Cal. Plea & Mem. Rolls London Guildhall (1961) VI. 112 (MED) Craft of werkyng of wyre Called Goldwyre drawyng [viz. 6 great irons..2] pyles, [2] aundeviles. 1551 in M. Bateson Rec. Borough Leicester (1905) 67 On bagg with a pylle waght for bred after Troy wayght of iiii pount. 1582–3 Accts. Cunȝiehous (National Arch. Scotl.) f. 5v Payeit for ane pair of ballance and ane twa staine pyle. 1585 F. Knollys Abstr. syzinge Troye Weyghte (MS. Rawl. D. 23) lf. 18 They argve that the gowlde smythes pyle weyghte is muche tooe heavy, to be the trewe Troy weyghte. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Pile,..also, the pile, or whole masse, of weights vsed by Goldsmithes, etc. 1647 in R. W. Cochran-Patrick Rec. Coinage Scotl. (1876) I. Introd. 80 Compared the forsaid round brasse stone weight..with a new brasse stone pyle weight in the coinyehouse, and I found the said new pyle weight havier by almost halfe one oz. 1660 Act 12 Chas. II c. 4 Sched. at Brass Brass of Pile weights the pound, j.s. 1682 Edinb. City Arch. Moses bundle 254 No. 7741 By the standard Scotts pyle. 1694 in R. W. Cochran-Patrick Rec. Coinage Scotl. (1876) II. 239 To..bring the said ponds and peill of weights alongs with them. 1758 Rep. House Commons in J. Prinsep Outl. Attempt to Establish Support of Poor (1797) 55 They take each weight in the pile or nest at the Exchequer as standard. < as lemmas |
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