Roman steelyard
now chiefly historical
noun
= Roman balance.
- .
Origin
Mid 18th century. See steelyard.
- purple patch
- purple patchery
- purple prose
- purple quartz
- purple ragwort
- purple-red
- purple sandpiper
- purple saxifrage
- purple sea urchin
- purple-seller
- purple sin
- purple sprouting broccoli
- purple spurge
- purple state
- purple swamphen
- purple urchin
- purple-wearer
- purple willow
- purplewood
- purple wreath
- purple zone
- purplish
- purply
- purport
- purportedly