单词 | wantage |
释义 | wantagen. U.S. Now rare. The amount of something lost during transportation; (hence) the amount by which a barrel or other container falls short of being full; = ullage n. 1a. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > insufficiency > [noun] > deficiency, lack, or shortage wanec888 trokingc1175 want?c1225 defaultc1300 trokea1325 fault1340 lacking1377 scarcityc1380 wantingc1390 absencea1398 bresta1400 defect?a1425 lack?c1425 defailing1502 mank?a1513 inlaik1562 defection1576 inlaiking1595 vacuity1601 deficience1605 lossa1616 failancea1627 deficiency1634 shortness1669 falling shorta1680 miss1689 wantage1756 shortage1868 1756 G. G. Beekman Let. 31 May in Beekman Mercantile Papers (1956) I. 281 What I sell is filled up, what is a Little More trouble then to take the Wantage and will on the Whole save at Least 50 gallons. 1761 ‘R. Moore’ N.-Y. Pocket Almanack 1762 A Table shewing the wantage of Rum Hogsheads, from 1 Gallon to 13 Galls. 1847 J. MacGregor Commerc. Statistics III. xiii. 294 Wantages to be assessed by press when the cotton comes in, and the amount assessed endorsed on the face of receipt. 1881 Rep. N.Y. Produce Exchange 1880 222 Inspectors and Gaugers shall make a detailed return..of each lot inspected, showing the serial number of each barrel,..the gauge, wantage, proof, and number of proof gallons. 1914 Regulations & Instr. relating to Exportation Distilled Spirits 151 The same rule applies at such distilleries in reporting wantage greater than one-half gallon. 1971 Sunday Sentinel (Centralia, Illinois) 11 Apr. 5 a/1 To determine contents you must also use a wantage rod and subtract the wantage from capacity. Compounds wantage rod n. now historical a graduated rod used to gauge the amount by which a barrel or other container falls short of being full. ΚΠ 1819 Naut. Almanac 1821 (end matter) (advt.) All sorts of Parallel Rules, Tee, Squares, Bevels, Navigation and Gunter's Scales, Gauging and Wantage Rods, [etc.]. 1907 Rules & Regulations Treasury Dept. 132 in U.S. Congress. Serial Set (59th Congr., 2nd Sess.: Senate Doc. 399 Pt. 4) XXVIII For determining the wantage, or ullage, in casks, Alexander's improved wantage rod is prescribed. 2005 R. S. Nickerson in R. J. Sternberg & D. D. Preiss Intelligence & Technol. i. 11 Wantage rods typically had several, often as many as eight, scales, each calibrated for a specific size of cask. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1756 |
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