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单词 zygostat
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zygostatn.

Etymology: < late Latin zygostatēs, < Greek ζυγοστάτης, < ζυγόν yoke, beam of a balance, etc. + ἱστάναι to set, place.
Obsolete. rare. Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.
(See quots.)
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1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. Zygost[at]e, one that is appointed to see the weights, a Clarke of the market.
1654 W. Charleton Physiologia Epicuro-Gassendo-Charltoniana 403 Such a Zygostata or Ballance, wherewith Jewellers are to weigh Pearles and Diamonds.]

Derivatives

zygostatical adj. Obsolete rare Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.
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1656 T. Blount Glossographia Zygostatical..belonging to the pound weight of Sixteen ounces, or to a Clark of a Market that looks to weights.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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