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An official appointed to weigh goods, esp. tin from Cornish mines. Obsolete.
A person who weighs something; spec. an officer appointed to weigh goods (cf. peiser, n. 1). Also figurative. Obsolete.
A person who is employed to weigh commodities; an official appointed to weigh or to supervise weighing, to test weights, etc. Also weigher-in.