aunceln.

Brit.

/ˈɔːns(ə)l/, U.S.

/ˈɔnsəl/

Forms:

α. Middle English ancer, Middle English auncere, Middle English aunser, Middle English aunsere, Middle English hauncere.

β. Middle English aunsel, Middle English aunsell, Middle English–1500s 1900s auncell, Middle English– auncel, 1500s–1600s ancel, 1600s awncell, 1600s awnsel, 1600s awnsell, 1900s– auncelle.

N.E.D. (1885) also records a form Middle English aunselle.

Origin: Probably of multiple origins. Probably partly a borrowing from Latin. Partly a borrowing from French. Etymons: Latin ancera, ancella; French aunselle.

Etymology: In α. forms probably < post-classical Latin ancera, anser, auncer, aunser kind of balance (from 13th cent. in British sources), apparently a variant (with substitution of r for l ) of ancella, auncella (although this is first attested later: see below). In β. forms < Anglo-Norman aunselle, auncelle, auncell kind of balance, measure of weight (both early 14th cent. or earlier), of uncertain origin, perhaps a variant (with metanalysis of the definite article) of an unattested form *launcelle (compare post-classical Latin lancella small balance, auncel (1363 in a British source; 4th or 5th cent. denoting a small dish)), perhaps < classical Latin lanc- , lanx metal plate, pan of a pair of scales (see launce n.¹) + Anglo-Norman -elle -elle suffix. Alternatively, perhaps compare classical Latin ānsa handle, haft, part of a balance (see ansa n.).The balance may have been so called in contrast with the balancia Domini Regis or Great Beam of the King. With the β. forms compare post-classical Latin ancella, auncella (from 1357 in British sources; probably < French or perhaps < English).

Now historical.

More fully auncel weight. A kind of hand-held balance, a steelyard; a weight used on such a balance. Also: the system of measuring weight with such a balance.Weighing with such balances was open to fraudulent practice, and their use was banned by an Act of Parliament in 1351–2.Recorded earliest in auncelmaker.

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the world > relative properties > measurement > measurement by weighing > equipment for weighing > [noun] > a weighing apparatus > other weighing apparatus

poundereOE

auncel1298

baublea1425

shaft1429

poundrelc1450

peson1459

trebuchet1550

handsale1607

trolley-scale1909

1298 in R. R. Sharpe Cal. Let.-bks. London (1900) B. 214 (MED) [Thomas Torgod] ancermaker [sworn to weigh at the tron of Lenne for weighing wool in that vill].

1312–13 in R. R. Sharpe Cal. Let.-bks. London (1903) E. 20 Thomas le Aunseremakere.

1356 in H. T. Riley Memorials London (1868) 283 [One balance, called an] auncere..[2 balances, called] aunceres.

c1390 (a1376) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Vernon) (1867) A. v. l. 132 Þe pound þat heo peysede [emended in ed. to peysede by] peisede a quartrun more Þen myn Auncel [c1400 Trin. Cambr. R.3.14 Aunsel; B text c1400 Laud 581 auncere, a1450 Cambr. Dd.1.17 aunser; C text c1400 Huntingdon HM 137 auncel] dude whon I weyede treuþe.

1429 in D. Wilkins Concilia (1737) III. 516 Constitutio..pro abolitione ponderis vocati le Auncell Weight... per pondus majus vocatum communiter ‘le Auncell,’ alias ‘Scheft’, seu ‘Pounder’.

1429–30 Rolls of Parl.: Henry VI (Electronic ed.) Parl. Sept. 1429 §36. m. 8 Þe weiyt which is clepid an auncell..shal outirli be putt a wei.

1439–40 Rolls of Parl.: Henry VI (Electronic ed.) Parl. Nov. 1439 §55. m. 3 There was take on branche of disceit awey..the whiche was called a schafte, othere wise called a poudre, othere wise called an hauncere, whiche greved many a trewe man.

a1500 Tracts Eng. Weights & Meas. 12 in Camden Misc. (1929) XV (MED) [There] be iij maner of weyghtes, that is to say: Troy and Aunsell, and also lyeng weyghtes odyrwyse callyd Haburdy Poyse.

c1503 R. Arnold Chron. f. lxxiij/1 Ther beth iij. maner weyghtis that is to wete, troy weyght, Auncell weyghtis. And lyggynge weyght... Another weyght Ys called auncels shafte and this weyght is forboden..by statute of parlement and also hooly chirche, hath cursed.., alle thoo that beyen or sellen by that auncel weyght.

1607 J. Cowell Interpreter sig. G4^v/1 Awncell weight, as I haue beene informed, is a kinde of weight with scoles hanging, or hookes fastened at each end of a staffe, which a man lifteth vp vpon his forefinger, or hand and so discerneth the equalitie or difference betweene the weight and the thing weied.

1656 tr. J. A. Comenius Latinæ Linguæ Janua Reserata: Gate Lat. Tongue Unlocked liv. §534 The other form of a ballance you shall behold in the Auncel-waight, having the center of poising out of the middle of the Beam.

1758 Rep. Comm. Standards Weights & Meas. (House of Commons) 10 That Auncel, in Respect of the Deceit thereof, had been by Statute destroyed.

1823 S. F. Gray Elements Pharmacy 5 Avoirdupois..seems to have been formerly denoted by the name of auncel weight, from its being weighed..by the statera Romana or stilliard, or by the auncel, ansula, or Danish stilliard.

1912 Jrnl. Royal Anthropol. Inst. 42 233 The wording of the Archbishop's denunciation..helps to determine what the auncell really was.

1999 C. Nolan Banyan Tree (2000) xxxix. 112 Would he be half a stone? Ah no, more than that—I think he'd bring the auncels down to eight pounds, or maybe six ounces more.

2015 S. Dobranski Milton's Visual Imagination ii. 57 Traditional Christian iconography as well as the works of Homer and Virgil consistently depict auncel balances.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	auncel
释义	aunceln. Brit. /ˈɔːns(ə)l/, U.S. /ˈɔnsəl/ Forms: α. Middle English ancer, Middle English auncere, Middle English aunser, Middle English aunsere, Middle English hauncere. β. Middle English aunsel, Middle English aunsell, Middle English–1500s 1900s auncell, Middle English– auncel, 1500s–1600s ancel, 1600s awncell, 1600s awnsel, 1600s awnsell, 1900s– auncelle. N.E.D. (1885) also records a form Middle English aunselle. Origin: Probably of multiple origins. Probably partly a borrowing from Latin. Partly a borrowing from French. Etymons: Latin ancera, ancella; French aunselle. Etymology: In α. forms probably < post-classical Latin ancera, anser, auncer, aunser kind of balance (from 13th cent. in British sources), apparently a variant (with substitution of r for l ) of ancella, auncella (although this is first attested later: see below). In β. forms < Anglo-Norman aunselle, auncelle, auncell kind of balance, measure of weight (both early 14th cent. or earlier), of uncertain origin, perhaps a variant (with metanalysis of the definite article) of an unattested form launcelle (compare post-classical Latin lancella* small balance, auncel (1363 in a British source; 4th or 5th cent. denoting a small dish)), perhaps < classical Latin lanc- , lanx metal plate, pan of a pair of scales (see launce n.¹) + Anglo-Norman -elle -elle suffix. Alternatively, perhaps compare classical Latin ānsa handle, haft, part of a balance (see ansa n.).The balance may have been so called in contrast with the balancia Domini Regis or Great Beam of the King. With the β. forms compare post-classical Latin ancella, auncella (from 1357 in British sources; probably < French or perhaps < English). Now historical. More fully auncel weight. A kind of hand-held balance, a steelyard; a weight used on such a balance. Also: the system of measuring weight with such a balance.Weighing with such balances was open to fraudulent practice, and their use was banned by an Act of Parliament in 1351–2.Recorded earliest in auncelmaker. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > measurement > measurement by weighing > equipment for weighing > [noun] > a weighing apparatus > other weighing apparatus poundereOE auncel1298 baublea1425 shaft1429 poundrelc1450 peson1459 trebuchet1550 handsale1607 trolley-scale1909 1298 in R. R. Sharpe Cal. Let.-bks. London (1900) B. 214 (MED) [Thomas Torgod] ancermaker [sworn to weigh at the tron of Lenne for weighing wool in that vill]. 1312–13 in R. R. Sharpe Cal. Let.-bks. London (1903) E. 20 Thomas le Aunseremakere. 1356 in H. T. Riley Memorials London (1868) 283 [One balance, called an] auncere..[2 balances, called] aunceres. c1390 (a1376) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Vernon) (1867) A. v. l. 132 Þe pound þat heo peysede [emended in ed. to peysede by] peisede a quartrun more Þen myn Auncel [c1400 Trin. Cambr. R.3.14 Aunsel; B text c1400 Laud 581 auncere, a1450 Cambr. Dd.1.17 aunser; C text c1400 Huntingdon HM 137 auncel] dude whon I weyede treuþe. 1429 in D. Wilkins Concilia (1737) III. 516 Constitutio..pro abolitione ponderis vocati le Auncell Weight... per pondus majus vocatum communiter ‘le Auncell,’ alias ‘Scheft’, seu ‘Pounder’. 1429–30 Rolls of Parl.: Henry VI (Electronic ed.) Parl. Sept. 1429 §36. m. 8 Þe weiyt which is clepid an auncell..shal outirli be putt a wei. 1439–40 Rolls of Parl.: Henry VI (Electronic ed.) Parl. Nov. 1439 §55. m. 3 There was take on branche of disceit awey..the whiche was called a schafte, othere wise called a poudre, othere wise called an hauncere, whiche greved many a trewe man. a1500 Tracts Eng. Weights & Meas. 12 in Camden Misc. (1929) XV (MED) [There] be iij maner of weyghtes, that is to say: Troy and Aunsell, and also lyeng weyghtes odyrwyse callyd Haburdy Poyse. c1503 R. Arnold Chron. f. lxxiij/1 Ther beth iij. maner weyghtis that is to wete, troy weyght, Auncell weyghtis. And lyggynge weyght... Another weyght Ys called auncels shafte and this weyght is forboden..by statute of parlement and also hooly chirche, hath cursed.., alle thoo that beyen or sellen by that auncel weyght. 1607 J. Cowell Interpreter sig. G4^v/1 Awncell weight, as I haue beene informed, is a kinde of weight with scoles hanging, or hookes fastened at each end of a staffe, which a man lifteth vp vpon his forefinger, or hand and so discerneth the equalitie or difference betweene the weight and the thing weied. 1656 tr. J. A. Comenius Latinæ Linguæ Janua Reserata: Gate Lat. Tongue Unlocked liv. §534 The other form of a ballance you shall behold in the Auncel-waight, having the center of poising out of the middle of the Beam. 1758 Rep. Comm. Standards Weights & Meas. (House of Commons) 10 That Auncel, in Respect of the Deceit thereof, had been by Statute destroyed. 1823 S. F. Gray Elements Pharmacy 5 Avoirdupois..seems to have been formerly denoted by the name of auncel weight, from its being weighed..by the statera Romana or stilliard, or by the auncel, ansula, or Danish stilliard. 1912 Jrnl. Royal Anthropol. Inst. 42 233 The wording of the Archbishop's denunciation..helps to determine what the auncell really was. 1999 C. Nolan Banyan Tree (2000) xxxix. 112 Would he be half a stone? Ah no, more than that—I think he'd bring the auncels down to eight pounds, or maybe six ounces more. 2015 S. Dobranski Milton's Visual Imagination ii. 57 Traditional Christian iconography as well as the works of Homer and Virgil consistently depict auncel balances. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1298
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