verstn.

Brit.

/vəːst/, U.S.

/vərst/

Forms: α. 1500s–1700s werste, 1500s, 1700s–1800s werst, 1600s worst, 1600s–1700s wurste. β. 1500s– verst, 1500s–1700s verste, 1600s vorst; 1500s verse (plural versse), 1600s ferse.

Etymology: < Russian versta, partly through German werst and French verste.

A Russian measure of length equal to 3500 English feet or about two-thirds of an English mile.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > measurement > measurement of length > [noun] > units of length or distance > Russian units

verst1555

arshin1557

sagene1739

arsine1852

α.

1555 R. Eden tr. S. von Herberstein Rerum moscouiticarum commentarii in tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde f. 293^v From Moscouia to the citie of Vuolochda, are numbered [500] Werstes, one Werst conteynynge almoste the space of an Italyan myle.

1662 J. Davies tr. A. Olearius Voy. & Trav. Ambassadors 27 We left Novogorod and got forwards 36. Werstes, or seven Leagues.

1715 London Gaz. No. 5293/2 He was not gone above 12 Wurstes or Russian Miles.

1775 Ann. Reg. 1774 ii. 151 Having approached this island within almost three wersts, or two English miles, their vessel was suddenly surrounded by ice.

1819 Ld. Byron Mazeppa xvii. 664 Many a werst, Panting as if his heart would burst, The weary brute still stagger'd on.

1841 J. L. Motley Let. 18 Nov. in Corr. (1889) I. iv. 73 The road from Tauroggen to Petersburg is 14 wersts.

β. ?1571 in A. Jenkinson et al. Early Voy. Russia & Persia (1886) II. 339 The ryuar oca, which is 20 versse distant from ye moscow; a verse is iii quarters of an yngleshe myle.1589 A. Jenkinson in R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations ii. 336 Vologhda, and Musko..are accompted 500. verstes asunder.1591 G. Fletcher Of Russe Common Wealth ii. f. 5^v A little Isthmus or narrow slippe of lande, a fewe versts ouerthwart.1617 F. Moryson Itinerary i. 295 In Russia among the Moscovites confining upon Poland, a mile is called a ferse.1635 E. Pagitt Christianographie 23 From the furthest part westward..to Siberia Eastward, is 4400. verst or thereabouts.a1670 S. Collins Present State Russia (1671) 83 Some ran away ten Versts before they could be overtaken.1761 Philos. Trans. 1760 (Royal Soc.) 51 490 It runs from a great lake, which lies a verste and a half from its mouth.1775 N. W. Wraxall Cursory Remarks Tour N. Europe 218 Muscovite lords commonly go fifty and sixty versts..to make visits to each other.1809 R. K. Porter Travelling Sketches Russia & Sweden I. iv. 27 Seventy or eighty versts above St. Petersburgh.1864 J. H. Burton Scot Abroad II. ii. 204 A country house of the Tzaar's seven versts from Moscow.1879 R. Browning Ivan Ivanovitch in Idyls I. 194 No strength, old crone,—not she!—to crawl forth half a verst!

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1917; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	verst
释义	verstn. Brit. /vəːst/, U.S. /vərst/ Forms: α. 1500s–1700s werste, 1500s, 1700s–1800s werst, 1600s worst, 1600s–1700s wurste. β. 1500s– verst, 1500s–1700s verste, 1600s vorst; 1500s verse (plural versse), 1600s ferse. Etymology: < Russian versta, partly through German werst and French verste. A Russian measure of length equal to 3500 English feet or about two-thirds of an English mile. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > measurement > measurement of length > [noun] > units of length or distance > Russian units verst1555 arshin1557 sagene1739 arsine1852 α. 1555 R. Eden tr. S. von Herberstein Rerum moscouiticarum commentarii in tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde f. 293^v From Moscouia to the citie of Vuolochda, are numbered [500] Werstes, one Werst conteynynge almoste the space of an Italyan myle. 1662 J. Davies tr. A. Olearius Voy. & Trav. Ambassadors 27 We left Novogorod and got forwards 36. Werstes, or seven Leagues. 1715 London Gaz. No. 5293/2 He was not gone above 12 Wurstes or Russian Miles. 1775 Ann. Reg. 1774 ii. 151 Having approached this island within almost three wersts, or two English miles, their vessel was suddenly surrounded by ice. 1819 Ld. Byron Mazeppa xvii. 664 Many a werst, Panting as if his heart would burst, The weary brute still stagger'd on. 1841 J. L. Motley Let. 18 Nov. in Corr. (1889) I. iv. 73 The road from Tauroggen to Petersburg is 14 wersts. β. ?1571 in A. Jenkinson et al. Early Voy. Russia & Persia (1886) II. 339 The ryuar oca, which is 20 versse distant from ye moscow; a verse is iii quarters of an yngleshe myle.1589 A. Jenkinson in R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations ii. 336 Vologhda, and Musko..are accompted 500. verstes asunder.1591 G. Fletcher Of Russe Common Wealth ii. f. 5^v A little Isthmus or narrow slippe of lande, a fewe versts ouerthwart.1617 F. Moryson Itinerary i. 295 In Russia among the Moscovites confining upon Poland, a mile is called a ferse.1635 E. Pagitt Christianographie 23 From the furthest part westward..to Siberia Eastward, is 4400. verst or thereabouts.a1670 S. Collins Present State Russia (1671) 83 Some ran away ten Versts before they could be overtaken.1761 Philos. Trans. 1760 (Royal Soc.) 51 490 It runs from a great lake, which lies a verste and a half from its mouth.1775 N. W. Wraxall Cursory Remarks Tour N. Europe 218 Muscovite lords commonly go fifty and sixty versts..to make visits to each other.1809 R. K. Porter Travelling Sketches Russia & Sweden I. iv. 27 Seventy or eighty versts above St. Petersburgh.1864 J. H. Burton Scot Abroad II. ii. 204 A country house of the Tzaar's seven versts from Moscow.1879 R. Browning Ivan Ivanovitch in Idyls I. 194 No strength, old crone,—not she!—to crawl forth half a verst! This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1917; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1555
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