† quilaten.

Forms: 1500s–1700s quillat, 1600s–1700s quilat, 1600s–1700s quilate.

Origin: A borrowing from Spanish. Etymon: Spanish quilate.

Etymology: < Spanish quilate carat (see carat n.). Compare earlier carat n. 3. Compare also killat n.

Obsolete.

= carat n. 3. Also figurative.

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the world > relative properties > measurement > measurement by weighing > [noun] > unit or denomination of weight > unit of weight for precious stones

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society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > metal > precious metal > [noun] > gold > measure of fineness

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1577 J. Frampton tr. N. Monardes Ioyfull Newes ii. f. 55^v And in the deseases that are not so cold, or that doe participate of any heate, they shall put the water lower, in Quillats [Sp. Baxaran de quilates el agua], seething it less, and puttyng lesse woode, the maner and order is this.

1622 J. Mabbe tr. M. Alemán Rogue ii. 320 Hee teacheth vs the quilates and aloy of that gold.

1688 P. Rycaut tr. G. de la Vega Royal Comm. Peru viii. xxiii. 343 Those that knew, and were acquainted with Pearls, and pretious Stones, did aver, that it weighed 24 Quilats above any other that was ever known.

1737 T. Salmon Mod. Hist. XXIX. viii. 209 And that Gold of Peru is generally about eighteen or twenty Quillats (I suppose it should be Carats) in Goodness.

1742 T. Shelton tr. M. de Cervantes Instructive & Entertaining Novels 197 For I would not have thee think that my Value is of so little worth, and of so few Quilates, that Captivity shall work that with me, which Liberty could not do.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	quilate
释义	† quilaten. Forms: 1500s–1700s quillat, 1600s–1700s quilat, 1600s–1700s quilate. Origin: A borrowing from Spanish. Etymon: Spanish quilate. Etymology: < Spanish quilate carat (see carat n.). Compare earlier carat n. 3. Compare also killat n. Obsolete. = carat n. 3. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > measurement > measurement by weighing > [noun] > unit or denomination of weight > unit of weight for precious stones carat1568 quilate1577 ct.1865 society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > metal > precious metal > [noun] > gold > measure of fineness carat1555 quilate1577 karat1901 ct.1985 1577 J. Frampton tr. N. Monardes Ioyfull Newes ii. f. 55^v And in the deseases that are not so cold, or that doe participate of any heate, they shall put the water lower, in Quillats [Sp. Baxaran de quilates el agua], seething it less, and puttyng lesse woode, the maner and order is this. 1622 J. Mabbe tr. M. Alemán Rogue ii. 320 Hee teacheth vs the quilates and aloy of that gold. 1688 P. Rycaut tr. G. de la Vega Royal Comm. Peru viii. xxiii. 343 Those that knew, and were acquainted with Pearls, and pretious Stones, did aver, that it weighed 24 Quilats above any other that was ever known. 1737 T. Salmon Mod. Hist. XXIX. viii. 209 And that Gold of Peru is generally about eighteen or twenty Quillats (I suppose it should be Carats) in Goodness. 1742 T. Shelton tr. M. de Cervantes Instructive & Entertaining Novels 197 For I would not have thee think that my Value is of so little worth, and of so few Quilates, that Captivity shall work that with me, which Liberty could not do. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1577
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