| 单词 | by tale |
| 释义 | > as lemmasby tale b. by tale: as determined by counting individual objects or articles; by number; as distinguished from by weight, by measure. ΚΠ c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 13779 Fif hundred bi tale. c1300 Havelok (Laud) (1868) 2026 He weren bi tale sixti and ten. c1330 (?c1300) Guy of Warwick (Auch.) l. 3430 Bi tale .xx. thousend hauberks of stiel. 1470–85 T. Malory Morte d'Arthur xiii. ix. 623 Thenne fond they by the tale an honderd and fyfty. 1529 T. More Dialogue Heresyes iii. iv, in Wks. 212 To way them rather then take them by tale. 1594 H. Plat Jewell House 75 Where oysters are..sold by tale. 1776 A. Smith Inq. Wealth of Nations I. i. iv. 31 This money..was, for a long time, received at the exchequer, by weight and not by tale . View more context for this quotation 1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. IV. xxii. 695 The second of May, had been fixed..as the last day on which the clipped crowns..were to be received by tale in payment of taxes. < as lemmas |
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