pound-weightn.adj.

Brit.

/ˌpaʊndˈweɪt/, U.S.

/ˌpaʊn(d)ˈweɪt/

Inflections: Plural (in sense A. 1a) pounds-weight, pound-weight, (in sense A. 1b) pound-weights, (in sense A. 2) pounds-weight.

Forms: see pound n.¹ and weight n.¹

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: pound n.¹, weight n.¹

Etymology: < pound n.¹ + weight n.¹With sense A. 1a compare the earlier genitive construction pound's weight:OE tr. Pseudo-Apuleius Herbarium (Vitell.) (1984) xxiii. 70 Cnuca hy mid ealdum smerwe butan sealte,..& þæs smerwes sy anes pundes gewihte [?a1200 Harl. 6258B anes pundes ȝewhite].OE Rule St. Benet (Corpus Cambr.) 63 Sy anes pundes gewihte hlaf [a1225 Winteney anes pundes ȝewicte hlaf] to eallum dæge.?a1200 (?OE) Peri Didaxeon (1896) 25 Nim..anne sester fulne wines and ane pundes ȝewyht eles.

A. n.

1. (a) A weight of one pound; a pound as a unit of weight (as distinct from a monetary unit). (b) A piece of metal of the weight of one pound avoirdupois used in weighing.

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the world > relative properties > measurement > measurement by weighing > [noun] > unit or denomination of weight > pound

poundeOE

wey?c1225

lb1390

li.c1450

pound-weight1466

litre1603

the world > relative properties > measurement > measurement by weighing > equipment for weighing > [noun] > a weight > weighing specific amount

stone-weight1552

stone1556

poundstone1577

pound-weight1765

fifty-sixa1800

1466 in F. W. Weaver Somerset Medieval Wills (1901) 209 (MED) I will that a taper of wex of a pound weight..be lighted.

a1500 Tracts Eng. Weights & Meas. 19 in Camden Misc. (1929) XV Woll is bowght and sold be this maner of weyghtes..by the pownd weyght, clawe, nayle, Stone, [etc.].

1538 T. Elyot Dict. As, assis, a pounde weyghte.

1538 T. Elyot Dict. Libralis, a pounde weight.

1617 F. Moryson Itinerary i. 282 The pound weight English, being twelve ounces Troy, doth over~poix the pound weight of Scotland foure penny weight and nine graines English.

1670 E. Browne Let. 9 Mar. in H. Oldenburg Corr. (1969) VI. 544 If the Ore be found to holde two ounces and a half or more of Silver in an hundred pound weight they ordinarily melt it without any foregoing praeparation.

1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) A Pound-Weight of Silver-Bullion is worth 3 Pounds Sterling.

1732 Philos. Trans. 1731–2 (Royal Soc.) 37 176 This Bird [sc. the Turn-Stone] has its Name from its Practice of turning up Stones of two or three Pound-weight, in order to find Insects and Worms under them.

1765 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. I. vii. 274 No man can, by words only, give another an adequate idea of a foot rule, or a pound weight.

1845 J. Phillips Mem. W. Smith in North Brit. Rev. Nov. 99 The pundibs and poundstones..were fossils of the oolites, the former tenebatulæ [prob. read terebratulæ], the latter a large echinite, often used by the dairywomen as a poundweight.

1871 W. Elder Questions of Day ix. 112 They have not the measure permanency of the yard-stick or pound-weight, which are measures and standards, simply because they do not themselves enter into the act of exchange.

1916 Science 7 July 23/1 Let a spring balance be graduated with a set of standard pound weights (metal pieces) at sea level.

1956 Econ. Hist. 9 334 During the reigns of the first Anglo-Norman kings of England, the pound in money was precisely the pound-weight of silver.

2000 C. Abani Becoming Abigail in C. Newland & K. Sesay IC3 248 Her..cousin Edwin swapped her cherry for a bag of sweets. Its pound-weight of caramel and treacle promise the full measure of his guilt.

2. Physics and Engineering. A pound as a unit of force (esp. other than simply the force represented by an object's weight); = pound-force n. at pound n.¹ Compounds 2.

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the world > matter > physics > mechanics > force > [noun] > units of force

pound-weight1824

pound-force1865

gram weight1871

dyne1873

kilodyne1873

poundal1875

Gramme1884

Newton1904

kilogram force1905

gram force1909

kip1915

N1951

lbf1961

ounce-force1961

ton-force1961

1675 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 10 383 Take a polisht pointed Diamond..and press it upon your hand with the force of a pound weight.]

1824 Lancet 8 Feb. 202 The force of all the springs is stamped on the steel in pounds weight.

1864 Sci. Amer. 10 Dec. 373/2 Duck guns of 50 to 100 pounds weight have not attained in this country to that degree of perfection which those of English manufacturers have.

1896 Science 28 Aug. 258/2 Engineers have continued to employ the pound weight as the unit of force.

1907 W. S. Franklin & B. MacNutt Elem. Mech. viii. 174 (heading) Values of the stretch modulus of various substances. (In pounds-weight per square inch.)

1936 A. W. Hirst Electr. & Magn. i. 4 A force of one pound-weight = 32·2 poundals.

1962 J. Thewlis et al. Encycl. Dict. Physics II. 224 The convenience of the slug foot second system lies in the fact that the unit of force is the pound weight; for the pound foot second system the consistent unit of force is the poundal or 1/g of a pound weight and this is inconvenient.

†B. adj.

Of equal or exact force or capability. Obsolete.

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pound-weight1641

1641 R. Carpenter Experience, Hist., & Divinitie iv. i. 125 Truely, if my power had beene pound-waight with my will.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	pound-weight
释义	pound-weightn.adj. Brit. /ˌpaʊndˈweɪt/, U.S. /ˌpaʊn(d)ˈweɪt/ Inflections: Plural (in sense A. 1a) pounds-weight, pound-weight, (in sense A. 1b) pound-weights, (in sense A. 2) pounds-weight. Forms: see pound n.¹ and weight n.¹ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: pound n.¹, weight n.¹ Etymology: < pound n.¹ + weight n.¹With sense A. 1a compare the earlier genitive construction pound's weight:OE tr. Pseudo-Apuleius Herbarium (Vitell.) (1984) xxiii. 70 Cnuca hy mid ealdum smerwe butan sealte,..& þæs smerwes sy anes pundes gewihte [?a1200 Harl. 6258B anes pundes ȝewhite].OE Rule St. Benet (Corpus Cambr.) 63 Sy anes pundes gewihte hlaf [a1225 Winteney anes pundes ȝewicte hlaf] to eallum dæge.?a1200 (?OE) Peri Didaxeon (1896) 25 Nim..anne sester fulne wines and ane pundes ȝewyht eles. A. n. 1. (a) A weight of one pound; a pound as a unit of weight (as distinct from a monetary unit). (b) A piece of metal of the weight of one pound avoirdupois used in weighing. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > measurement > measurement by weighing > [noun] > unit or denomination of weight > pound poundeOE poundeOE wey?c1225 lb1390 li.c1450 pound-weight1466 litre1603 the world > relative properties > measurement > measurement by weighing > equipment for weighing > [noun] > a weight > weighing specific amount stone-weight1552 stone1556 poundstone1577 pound-weight1765 fifty-sixa1800 1466 in F. W. Weaver Somerset Medieval Wills (1901) 209 (MED) I will that a taper of wex of a pound weight..be lighted. a1500 Tracts Eng. Weights & Meas. 19 in Camden Misc. (1929) XV Woll is bowght and sold be this maner of weyghtes..by the pownd weyght, clawe, nayle, Stone, [etc.]. 1538 T. Elyot Dict. As, assis, a pounde weyghte. 1538 T. Elyot Dict. Libralis, a pounde weight. 1617 F. Moryson Itinerary i. 282 The pound weight English, being twelve ounces Troy, doth over~poix the pound weight of Scotland foure penny weight and nine graines English. 1670 E. Browne Let. 9 Mar. in H. Oldenburg Corr. (1969) VI. 544 If the Ore be found to holde two ounces and a half or more of Silver in an hundred pound weight they ordinarily melt it without any foregoing praeparation. 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) A Pound-Weight of Silver-Bullion is worth 3 Pounds Sterling. 1732 Philos. Trans. 1731–2 (Royal Soc.) 37 176 This Bird [sc. the Turn-Stone] has its Name from its Practice of turning up Stones of two or three Pound-weight, in order to find Insects and Worms under them. 1765 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. I. vii. 274 No man can, by words only, give another an adequate idea of a foot rule, or a pound weight. 1845 J. Phillips Mem. W. Smith in North Brit. Rev. Nov. 99 The pundibs and poundstones..were fossils of the oolites, the former tenebatulæ [prob. read terebratulæ], the latter a large echinite, often used by the dairywomen as a poundweight. 1871 W. Elder Questions of Day ix. 112 They have not the measure permanency of the yard-stick or pound-weight, which are measures and standards, simply because they do not themselves enter into the act of exchange. 1916 Science 7 July 23/1 Let a spring balance be graduated with a set of standard pound weights (metal pieces) at sea level. 1956 Econ. Hist. 9 334 During the reigns of the first Anglo-Norman kings of England, the pound in money was precisely the pound-weight of silver. 2000 C. Abani Becoming Abigail in C. Newland & K. Sesay IC3 248 Her..cousin Edwin swapped her cherry for a bag of sweets. Its pound-weight of caramel and treacle promise the full measure of his guilt. 2. Physics and Engineering. A pound as a unit of force (esp. other than simply the force represented by an object's weight); = pound-force n. at pound n.¹ Compounds 2. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > physics > mechanics > force > [noun] > units of force pound-weight1824 pound-force1865 gram weight1871 dyne1873 kilodyne1873 poundal1875 Gramme1884 Newton1904 kilogram force1905 gram force1909 kip1915 N1951 lbf1961 ounce-force1961 ton-force1961 1675 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 10 383 Take a polisht pointed Diamond..and press it upon your hand with the force of a pound weight.] 1824 Lancet 8 Feb. 202 The force of all the springs is stamped on the steel in pounds weight. 1864 Sci. Amer. 10 Dec. 373/2 Duck guns of 50 to 100 pounds weight have not attained in this country to that degree of perfection which those of English manufacturers have. 1896 Science 28 Aug. 258/2 Engineers have continued to employ the pound weight as the unit of force. 1907 W. S. Franklin & B. MacNutt Elem. Mech. viii. 174 (heading) Values of the stretch modulus of various substances. (In pounds-weight per square inch.) 1936 A. W. Hirst Electr. & Magn. i. 4 A force of one pound-weight = 32·2 poundals. 1962 J. Thewlis et al. Encycl. Dict. Physics II. 224 The convenience of the slug foot second system lies in the fact that the unit of force is the pound weight; for the pound foot second system the consistent unit of force is the poundal or 1/g of a pound weight and this is inconvenient. †B. adj. Of equal or exact force or capability. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > measurement > measurement by weighing > [adjective] > of equal or exact weight pound-weight1641 1641 R. Carpenter Experience, Hist., & Divinitie iv. i. 125 Truely, if my power had beene pound-waight with my will. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1466
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