vissn.

/vɪs/

Forms: Also 1600s vise, vyse, 1700s vis.

Etymology: < Tamil vīsai. Compare Italian byza, Portuguese biça, in 16th cent. writers.

A weight used in Southern India and Burma equal to about 3½ lbs.

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1588 T. Hickock tr. C. Federici Voy. & Trauaile f. 32^v This Ganza goeth by weight of Byze..and commonly a Byza of a Ganza is worth..halfe a ducket.]

1626 Methold in S. Purchas Pilgrimage (ed. 4) ix. xv. 1003 His peremptory demand of a Vyse of the fairest Diamonds.

1665 T. Herbert Some Years Trav. (new ed.) 87 The annual Tribute i.e. three pound weight being a Vise of the fairest Stones or Diamonds.

1766 T. Brooks Authentick Acct. Coins E. Indies 7 40 Pollams weight is equal to 1 Vis, or 3¹/ ₈ lb. Avoirdupoise.

1766 T. Brooks Authentick Acct. Coins E. Indies 11 4 Putas is 1 Viss.

1801 Asiatic Ann. Reg. 1800 Misc. Tracts 319/2 From the wells the oil is carried in small jars, by cooleys,..to the river; where it is delivered to the merchant exporter at 2 tecals per hundred viss.

1829 J. Crawfurd Jrnl. Embassy to Court of Ava (1834) II. 203 The King [of Burma] lays claim to all [stones] that exceed in value a viss of silver, or one hundred ticals.

1876 J. Anderson Mandalay to Momien 336 In 1872, no less than one hundred and fifty thousand viss of royal cotton were stored at Manwyne.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1920; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	viss
释义	vissn. /vɪs/ Forms: Also 1600s vise, vyse, 1700s vis. Etymology: < Tamil vīsai. Compare Italian byza, Portuguese biça, in 16th cent. writers. A weight used in Southern India and Burma equal to about 3½ lbs. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > measurement > measurement by weighing > [noun] > unit or denomination of weight > units in India maund1584 seer1618 candy1625 viss1626 masha1786 chittack1899 1588 T. Hickock tr. C. Federici Voy. & Trauaile f. 32^v This Ganza goeth by weight of Byze..and commonly a Byza of a Ganza is worth..halfe a ducket.] 1626 Methold in S. Purchas Pilgrimage (ed. 4) ix. xv. 1003 His peremptory demand of a Vyse of the fairest Diamonds. 1665 T. Herbert Some Years Trav. (new ed.) 87 The annual Tribute i.e. three pound weight being a Vise of the fairest Stones or Diamonds. 1766 T. Brooks Authentick Acct. Coins E. Indies 7 40 Pollams weight is equal to 1 Vis, or 3¹/ ₈ lb. Avoirdupoise. 1766 T. Brooks Authentick Acct. Coins E. Indies 11 4 Putas is 1 Viss. 1801 Asiatic Ann. Reg. 1800 Misc. Tracts 319/2 From the wells the oil is carried in small jars, by cooleys,..to the river; where it is delivered to the merchant exporter at 2 tecals per hundred viss. 1829 J. Crawfurd Jrnl. Embassy to Court of Ava (1834) II. 203 The King [of Burma] lays claim to all [stones] that exceed in value a viss of silver, or one hundred ticals. 1876 J. Anderson Mandalay to Momien 336 In 1872, no less than one hundred and fifty thousand viss of royal cotton were stored at Manwyne. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1920; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1626
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