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† ˈperit Obs.
Also 6 peryott, 6–7 periot, 8 perrot.
[Origin unascertained.]
A measure of weight equal to 1/9600 of a grain. (Cf. droit2.)
1564Conference of Weightes (MS. Rawl. D. 23 lf. 6) The mynters..devyde a droyte into .20. peryottes, and a peryott into .24. blanckes. 1649Acts & Ordin. Parl. c. 43 (Scobell) 65 Twenty Mites makes a Grain; Twenty four Droits makes a Mite; Twenty Perits makes a Droit; Twenty four Blanks makes a Perit. 1680–1725 [see blank n. 10]. 1838Murray's Hand-bk. N. Germ. 40 These tulip roots were never bought or sold, but..The bulbs, and their divisions into perits, became like the different stocks in our public funds, and were bought and sold at different prices from day to day. |