makeweightn.adj.

Brit.

/ˈmeɪkweɪt/, U.S.

/ˈmeɪkˌweɪt/

Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: English to make weight.

Etymology: < the phrase to make weight (compare quot. 1695 at sense A. 1a, and quots. 1656 at tergiment n., 1691 at puttock n.³); compare make v.¹ 20.

A. n.

a. A comparatively small quantity added to make up a certain weight; spec. †a small candle (obsolete).

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > measurement > measurement by weighing > [noun] > amount determined by weighing > quantity added to make up weight

makeweight1695

the world > matter > light > artificial light > an artificial light > candle > [noun] > candle(s) defined by price or weight

puttock1691

makeweight1695

long four1798

pigtail1824

long lady1847

fourteens1883

1695 W. Kennett Parochial Antiq. Gloss. at Putta In the North a Puttock-candle is the least in the pound, put in to make weight, call'd..in Kent a make-weight.

1764 Oxf. Sausage 56 Dire Want of..chearful Candle (save the Make-Weight's Gleam Haply remaining).

1787 F. Grose Provinc. Gloss. Make-weight, a small candle thrown in to complete the pound. N.

1866 W. S. Jevons Coal Quest. (ed. 2) 261 A large part of our shipping would thus have to leave our ports half empty, or in ballast, unless there were some makeweight or natural supply of bulky cargo as back carriage.

1948 F. Clune Wild Colonial Boys 128 The tea merchants added wooden chips for make-weight.

1962 P. Bracken I hate to housekeep Bk. vi. 64 You can always crush it a little more and use it for casserole toppings or makeweight in meat loaf or meatballs.

†b. A small, slightly built person. Obsolete.

ΚΠ

1785 F. Grose Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue Make weight, a small candle, a term applied to a little slender man.

2. figurative. A person or thing of insignificant value introduced to make up a deficiency or fill a gap.

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the world > relative properties > wholeness > completeness > [noun] > by supplying what is wanting > one who or that which supplies what is wanted

supplier1574

supplementer1644

suppletory1647

supplementor1697

makeweight1750

adjunctive1755

expletivea1878

add-on1930

1750 Student 2 No. 2. 42 This Humbug..is a fine make-weight in conversation, and some great men deceive themselves so egregiously as to think they mean something by it!

1776 T. Paine Common Sense iii. 38 By her dependence on Britain she [sc. America] is made the make-weight in the scale of British politics.

1796 E. Burke Two Lett. Peace Regicide Directory France iii, in Wks. (1808) VIII. 418 The mines..are now thrown in as a make-weight in the scale.

1809 B. H. Malkin tr. A. R. Le Sage Adventures Gil Blas III. vii. vii. 109 She praised me up to the skies, and held all the actresses in Madrid as mere makeweights in the scale.

1825 S. T. Coleridge Aids Refl. 232 Those semi-pagan Christians who regarded Revelation as a mere Make-weight to their boasted Religion of Nature.

1839 C. Dickens Nicholas Nickleby xix. 176 The colonel was in conversation with somebody, who appeared to be a make-weight, and was not introduced at all.

1864 E. B. Pusey Daniel vi. 393 I cannot..use Divine authority as a makeweight to human proof.

1871 A. Trollope Sir Harry Hotspur xx. 256 Might he take his own desires in that direction as any make-weight towards a compliance with his girl's strong wishes, grounded as they were on quite other reasons?

1977 Melody Maker 26 Mar. 8/1 Women who sang were expected to..appear on package shows as ‘make-weights’.

1992 Gramophone Jan. 80/1 For the record collector, tantalizing glimpses of this vast resource of organ music appear from time to time usually as makeweights on recital discs.

†3. figurative. A counterbalancing weight, a counterpoise. Obsolete.

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the world > relative properties > relationship > equality or equivalence > [noun] > a counterbalance

counterpoise1594

opposition1594

counterbalance1640

offset1769

set-off1774

equipoise1780

makeweight1787

equilibrant1883

standoff1888

1787 T. Jefferson Let. 30 Jan. in Papers (1955) XI. 96 His devotion to the principles of pure despotism, renders him unaffectionate to our governments but his fear of England makes him value us as a make weight.

1855 C. Kingsley Westward Ho! xxviii ‘But the prize?’ ‘Ah! that was no small make-weight to our disasters, after all’.

1886 J. A. Symonds Catholic Reaction in Renaissance in Italy II. xi. 307 Perhaps it may be argued that the fulsome promises on which those miserable vassals found their hopes, are make-weights for such miseries.

B. adj. (attributive).

That serves as a makeweight.

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the world > relative properties > wholeness > completeness > [adjective] > making complete > by supplying what is wanting

supplemental1605

supplianta1616

suppletorya1631

suppletive1633

expletive1652

eking1653

supplementary1667

makeweight1701

suppl.1800

supplementing1851

make-up1885

add-on1955

1701 J. Philips Splendid Shilling 98 The glimmering light Of make-weight candle.

1793 A. Seward Lett. (1811) III. 248 It is no custom of Shakespeare's to give us merely makeweight epithets.

1852 R. S. Surtees Mr. Sponge's Sporting Tour vii. xl. 219 Men..admit of no makeweight, or merely ornamental dishes.

1994 Vox July 140/3 Ryder..flounders in a make-weight media job while venting her talent with a would-be documentary.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	makeweight
释义	makeweightn.adj. Brit. /ˈmeɪkweɪt/, U.S. /ˈmeɪkˌweɪt/ Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: English to make weight. Etymology: < the phrase to make weight (compare quot. 1695 at sense A. 1a, and quots. 1656 at tergiment n., 1691 at puttock n.³); compare make v.¹ 20. A. n. 1. a. A comparatively small quantity added to make up a certain weight; spec. †a small candle (obsolete). ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > measurement > measurement by weighing > [noun] > amount determined by weighing > quantity added to make up weight makeweight1695 the world > matter > light > artificial light > an artificial light > candle > [noun] > candle(s) defined by price or weight puttock1691 makeweight1695 long four1798 pigtail1824 long lady1847 fourteens1883 1695 W. Kennett Parochial Antiq. Gloss. at Putta In the North a Puttock-candle is the least in the pound, put in to make weight, call'd..in Kent a make-weight. 1764 Oxf. Sausage 56 Dire Want of..chearful Candle (save the Make-Weight's Gleam Haply remaining). 1787 F. Grose Provinc. Gloss. Make-weight, a small candle thrown in to complete the pound. N. 1866 W. S. Jevons Coal Quest. (ed. 2) 261 A large part of our shipping would thus have to leave our ports half empty, or in ballast, unless there were some makeweight or natural supply of bulky cargo as back carriage. 1948 F. Clune Wild Colonial Boys 128 The tea merchants added wooden chips for make-weight. 1962 P. Bracken I hate to housekeep Bk. vi. 64 You can always crush it a little more and use it for casserole toppings or makeweight in meat loaf or meatballs. †b. A small, slightly built person. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1785 F. Grose Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue Make weight, a small candle, a term applied to a little slender man. 2. figurative. A person or thing of insignificant value introduced to make up a deficiency or fill a gap. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > completeness > [noun] > by supplying what is wanting > one who or that which supplies what is wanted supplier1574 supplementer1644 suppletory1647 supplementor1697 makeweight1750 adjunctive1755 expletivea1878 add-on1930 1750 Student 2 No. 2. 42 This Humbug..is a fine make-weight in conversation, and some great men deceive themselves so egregiously as to think they mean something by it! 1776 T. Paine Common Sense iii. 38 By her dependence on Britain she [sc. America] is made the make-weight in the scale of British politics. 1796 E. Burke Two Lett. Peace Regicide Directory France iii, in Wks. (1808) VIII. 418 The mines..are now thrown in as a make-weight in the scale. 1809 B. H. Malkin tr. A. R. Le Sage Adventures Gil Blas III. vii. vii. 109 She praised me up to the skies, and held all the actresses in Madrid as mere makeweights in the scale. 1825 S. T. Coleridge Aids Refl. 232 Those semi-pagan Christians who regarded Revelation as a mere Make-weight to their boasted Religion of Nature. 1839 C. Dickens Nicholas Nickleby xix. 176 The colonel was in conversation with somebody, who appeared to be a make-weight, and was not introduced at all. 1864 E. B. Pusey Daniel vi. 393 I cannot..use Divine authority as a makeweight to human proof. 1871 A. Trollope Sir Harry Hotspur xx. 256 Might he take his own desires in that direction as any make-weight towards a compliance with his girl's strong wishes, grounded as they were on quite other reasons? 1977 Melody Maker 26 Mar. 8/1 Women who sang were expected to..appear on package shows as ‘make-weights’. 1992 Gramophone Jan. 80/1 For the record collector, tantalizing glimpses of this vast resource of organ music appear from time to time usually as makeweights on recital discs. †3. figurative. A counterbalancing weight, a counterpoise. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > equality or equivalence > [noun] > a counterbalance counterpoise1594 opposition1594 counterbalance1640 offset1769 set-off1774 equipoise1780 makeweight1787 equilibrant1883 standoff1888 1787 T. Jefferson Let. 30 Jan. in Papers (1955) XI. 96 His devotion to the principles of pure despotism, renders him unaffectionate to our governments but his fear of England makes him value us as a make weight. 1855 C. Kingsley Westward Ho! xxviii ‘But the prize?’ ‘Ah! that was no small make-weight to our disasters, after all’. 1886 J. A. Symonds Catholic Reaction in Renaissance in Italy II. xi. 307 Perhaps it may be argued that the fulsome promises on which those miserable vassals found their hopes, are make-weights for such miseries. B. adj. (attributive). That serves as a makeweight. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > completeness > [adjective] > making complete > by supplying what is wanting supplemental1605 supplianta1616 suppletorya1631 suppletive1633 expletive1652 eking1653 supplementary1667 makeweight1701 suppl.1800 supplementing1851 make-up1885 add-on1955 1701 J. Philips Splendid Shilling 98 The glimmering light Of make-weight candle. 1793 A. Seward Lett. (1811) III. 248 It is no custom of Shakespeare's to give us merely makeweight epithets. 1852 R. S. Surtees Mr. Sponge's Sporting Tour vii. xl. 219 Men..admit of no makeweight, or merely ornamental dishes. 1994 Vox July 140/3 Ryder..flounders in a make-weight media job while venting her talent with a would-be documentary. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1695
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