thousandweightn.
/ˈθaʊzəndweɪt/ rare.
A weight of a thousand pounds.
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1538 T. Elyot Dict. Milliarius, a, um, of a thousande weight.
1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Thousande weyght, millepondium.
1559 W. Cuningham Cosmogr. Glasse 176 Sulphure is there so plentifull that you may for the 4. part of a ducate, haue a thousande weight.
?1677 S. Primatt City & Covntry Purchaser & Builder 99 A thousand weight of Lead taken up in Pipes, Gutters, and in Ridges.
1685 London Gaz. No. 2064/4 40 thousand weight of Powder.
1769 Ann. Reg. 1768 113/2 The Sherborne waggon was stopped by the populace, and about a thousand weight of butter taken away.
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