poisern.

Brit.

/ˈpɔɪzə/, U.S.

/ˈpɔɪzər/

Forms: late Middle English poisour, late Middle English poysour, 1500s poyzer, 1600s–1700s poyser, 1600s– poiser, 1900s– poyzer (English regional (Warwickshire)).

Origin: Partly formed within English, by derivation. Perhaps also partly a borrowing from French. Etymons: French poisour , peisour ; poise v., -er suffix¹.

Etymology: In sense 1 either < Anglo-Norman poisour (1393–4 or earlier; variant of peisour peiser n.), or < poise v. + -er suffix¹. In later senses < poise v. + -er suffix¹.

†1. A person who weighs something; spec. an officer appointed to weigh goods (cf. peiser n. 1). Also figurative. Obsolete.

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the world > relative properties > measurement > measurement by weighing > [noun] > one who > official

peiser1298

poiser1422

weighera1513

1422 in H. Nicolas Proc. & Ordinances Privy Council (1834) III. 17 Þe revenues..ben gretly encresede or anientischede by coustumers, countrollours, poisours, serchers, and alle suche oþere officers.

1453 Rolls of Parl. V. 268/2 Noo Sercheour, Gaugeour of Wyn..Poysour..or Countrollour have astate in his office..but..under the governans of the Tresorer of Englond.

1602 J. Marston Hist. Antonio & Mellida Ep. Ded. sig. A2 To the onely rewarder, and most iust poiser of vertuous merits, the most honorably renowned No-body, bountious Mecænas of Poetry, and Lord Protector of oppressed innocence.

1625 Laws Stannaries (1808) xi. 21 The poiser, the tare~master and their deputies, ought to be sworn in the stannary-court.

1656 Earl of Monmouth tr. Polit. Touch-stone in tr. T. Boccalini Ragguagli di Parnasso 415 [These] might be weighed severally apart..if the poyser were able to do it.

2. A thing that poises or balances something; an organ used for balancing, spec. an insect's haltere.In quot. ?a1549 used with reference to a clock.

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the world > animals > animal body > general parts > [noun] > organ which preserves balance

balancer1753

poiser1790

the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Diptera or flies > [noun] > member of > parts of > halteres

poise1713

balancer1753

poiser1790

halteres1823

?a1549 Inventory Henry VIII (1998) I. 204/2 Item twoo poyzers of tyme.

1722 R. Dunning Brit. Patent 451 (1857) 2 A machine called a poyser, to be fixed to any coach, chariot, or chaise, for preventing their overturning, &c.

1790 E. Darwin Bot. Garden (ed. 2) II. 7 There is a curious circumstance belonging to the class of insects which have two wings..; viz. two little knobs are placed each on a stalk or peduncle..which appear to be rudiments of hinder wings; and are called by Linneus, halteres, or poisers, a term of his introduction.

1852 T. W. Harris Treat. Insects New Eng. (ed. 2) 501 Some of these insects have wings; but others have neither wings nor poisers.

1883 H. Lee in Knowledge 15 June 360/1 The flippers or ‘paddles’ [of the dolphin]..are only used as rudders and poisers.

1902 Trans. Amer. Entomol. Soc. 28 300 Veins brown, tawny towards the base; poisers pale yellow.

a1933 J. A. Thomson Biol. for Everyman (1934) I. xiii. 244 In the great order of flies (Diptera) there is only one pair of wings, the posterior ones being turned into rapidly vibrating ‘poisers’ (or halteres) which seem to be sense-organs.

1957 S. Beckett in Evergreen Rev. 1 188 My brother the fly..whets his six legs revels in his planes his poisers.

†3. A person who holds something poised or balanced. Obsolete.

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the world > space > relative position > support > absence of support > [noun] > holding or being held up without support > one who

poiser1874

1874 Catholic World May 263/1 His volume is full of delicate rhythmical experiments... But Mr. Rosetti is no mere word-poiser; he is an artist in the highest sense of the word.

1884 H. C. Bunner in Harper's Mag. Jan. 304/2 These poisers of the airy racket.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	poiser
释义	poisern. Brit. /ˈpɔɪzə/, U.S. /ˈpɔɪzər/ Forms: late Middle English poisour, late Middle English poysour, 1500s poyzer, 1600s–1700s poyser, 1600s– poiser, 1900s– poyzer (English regional (Warwickshire)). Origin: Partly formed within English, by derivation. Perhaps also partly a borrowing from French. Etymons: French poisour , peisour ; poise v., -er suffix¹. Etymology: In sense 1 either < Anglo-Norman poisour (1393–4 or earlier; variant of peisour peiser n.), or < poise v. + -er suffix¹. In later senses < poise v. + -er suffix¹. †1. A person who weighs something; spec. an officer appointed to weigh goods (cf. peiser n. 1). Also figurative. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > measurement > measurement by weighing > [noun] > one who > official peiser1298 poiser1422 weighera1513 1422 in H. Nicolas Proc. & Ordinances Privy Council (1834) III. 17 Þe revenues..ben gretly encresede or anientischede by coustumers, countrollours, poisours, serchers, and alle suche oþere officers. 1453 Rolls of Parl. V. 268/2 Noo Sercheour, Gaugeour of Wyn..Poysour..or Countrollour have astate in his office..but..under the governans of the Tresorer of Englond. 1602 J. Marston Hist. Antonio & Mellida Ep. Ded. sig. A2 To the onely rewarder, and most iust poiser of vertuous merits, the most honorably renowned No-body, bountious Mecænas of Poetry, and Lord Protector of oppressed innocence. 1625 Laws Stannaries (1808) xi. 21 The poiser, the tare~master and their deputies, ought to be sworn in the stannary-court. 1656 Earl of Monmouth tr. Polit. Touch-stone in tr. T. Boccalini Ragguagli di Parnasso 415 [These] might be weighed severally apart..if the poyser were able to do it. 2. A thing that poises or balances something; an organ used for balancing, spec. an insect's haltere.In quot. ?a1549 used with reference to a clock. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > animal body > general parts > [noun] > organ which preserves balance balancer1753 poiser1790 the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Diptera or flies > [noun] > member of > parts of > halteres poise1713 balancer1753 poiser1790 halteres1823 ?a1549 Inventory Henry VIII (1998) I. 204/2 Item twoo poyzers of tyme. 1722 R. Dunning Brit. Patent 451 (1857) 2 A machine called a poyser, to be fixed to any coach, chariot, or chaise, for preventing their overturning, &c. 1790 E. Darwin Bot. Garden (ed. 2) II. 7 There is a curious circumstance belonging to the class of insects which have two wings..; viz. two little knobs are placed each on a stalk or peduncle..which appear to be rudiments of hinder wings; and are called by Linneus, halteres, or poisers, a term of his introduction. 1852 T. W. Harris Treat. Insects New Eng. (ed. 2) 501 Some of these insects have wings; but others have neither wings nor poisers. 1883 H. Lee in Knowledge 15 June 360/1 The flippers or ‘paddles’ [of the dolphin]..are only used as rudders and poisers. 1902 Trans. Amer. Entomol. Soc. 28 300 Veins brown, tawny towards the base; poisers pale yellow. a1933 J. A. Thomson Biol. for Everyman (1934) I. xiii. 244 In the great order of flies (Diptera) there is only one pair of wings, the posterior ones being turned into rapidly vibrating ‘poisers’ (or halteres) which seem to be sense-organs. 1957 S. Beckett in Evergreen Rev. 1 188 My brother the fly..whets his six legs revels in his planes his poisers. †3. A person who holds something poised or balanced. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > support > absence of support > [noun] > holding or being held up without support > one who poiser1874 1874 Catholic World May 263/1 His volume is full of delicate rhythmical experiments... But Mr. Rosetti is no mere word-poiser; he is an artist in the highest sense of the word. 1884 H. C. Bunner in Harper's Mag. Jan. 304/2 These poisers of the airy racket. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1422
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