† pound-mealadv.

Forms: see pound n.¹ and -meal suffix; also Middle English poundel (transmission error), Middle English poundelmele (transmission error), Middle English poundme (transmission error).

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: pound n.¹, -meal suffix.

Etymology: < pound n.¹ + -meal suffix.

Obsolete.

Pound by pound; by the pound.

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pound-mealc1400

c1400 (a1376) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Trin. Cambr. R.3.14) (1960) A. ii. 184 (MED) Pardoners..senten hym on sundais wiþ selis to chirche, And ȝaf pardoun for panis poundmel [v.rr. poundmele, poundme, poundel, poundelmele; penymel], aboute.

a1728 W. Kennett MS Coll. Provinc. Words in Eng. Dial. Dict. (1903) IV. 602/1 [Oxfordshire] The market women sell their butter by the dozen or pound-meal.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	pound-meal
释义	† pound-mealadv. Forms: see pound n.¹ and -meal suffix; also Middle English poundel (transmission error), Middle English poundelmele (transmission error), Middle English poundme (transmission error). Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: pound n.¹, -meal suffix. Etymology: < pound n.¹ + -meal suffix. Obsolete. Pound by pound; by the pound. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > measurement > measurement by weighing > [adverb] > by the pound pound-mealc1400 c1400 (a1376) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Trin. Cambr. R.3.14) (1960) A. ii. 184 (MED) Pardoners..senten hym on sundais wiþ selis to chirche, And ȝaf pardoun for panis poundmel [v.rr. poundmele, poundme, poundel, poundelmele; penymel], aboute. a1728 W. Kennett MS Coll. Provinc. Words in Eng. Dial. Dict. (1903) IV. 602/1 [Oxfordshire] The market women sell their butter by the dozen or pound-meal. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < adv.c1400
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