单词 | scantillon |
释义 | † scantillonn. Obsolete. 1. A tool used by masons and carpenters for measuring the thickness of anything; a gauge. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > measurement > measuring instrument > [noun] > for measuring thickness scantillona1300 eriometer1829 pachometer1857 pachymeter1881 society > occupation and work > equipment > equipment for marking out work > [noun] > instrument for taking measurements scantillona1300 a1300 Floriz & Bl. 325 Ber wiþ þe squire and schauntillun, Also þu were a gud Mascun. a1300 Cursor Mundi 2231 And do we wel and make a toure, Wit suire and scantilon [Gött. scantlion, Trin. scanteloun] sa euen, Þat may reche heghur þan heuen. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 8775 Þe king did cast wit scantliun [Gött. scantlyon, Fairf. scantilioun, Trin. Cambr. scanteloun], And did mak al þe timber bun. c1400 Rom. Rose 7064 Though it were of no vounde stone Wrought with squyre and scantilone. c1500 Debate Carpenter's Tools in Rev. Eng. Stud. (1987) 38 458 'Soft, ser,' seyd þe skantyllȝon. 2. Dimension, measured size; in carpenters' and masons' work chiefly sectional dimension, thickness. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > [noun] > measured or prescribed scantillona1425 scantlet1502 scantlec1525 scantling1526 mensuration1675 sized1824 mete1834 a1425 Edward, Duke of York Master of Game (Digby) xxv Þen shulde þe lymmer go þeder as þe hert yede in, and take þe scantelon of þe trace, þe whiche he shulde kutte of his roddes ende, and ley it in þe talon of þe trace. 1452 in R. Willis & J. W. Clark Archit. Hist. Univ. Cambr. (1886) I. 282 iij sengulere Principalls..in Scantlyon accordyng to the Principalls. a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) I. clxi. f. lxxxxv Theyse .ii. Storyes..occupy in Frenshe of Leuys of great scanteleon ouer .lxiiii. 3. ? A stick cut to record a certain measurement. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > measurement > measuring instrument > [noun] > for measuring length > measuring rod or stick yardc1000 meteyardOE reedc1350 ell-yardc1400 yard-wand14.. scantillona1425 gad1440 metewand1440 meterod1473 rod1473 ell1474 gad-wand1487 ell-wand?a1500 measuring rod1546 scantling1556 metepole1571 meting pole1606 wand1614 yardstick1797 yard-measure1838 gad-stick1866 meting-rod1881 a1425 Edward, Duke of York Master of Game (Digby) xxv Ley it in þe talon of þe trace þer as he yede in hardest grounde euen in þe botome þerof, so þat þe scanteloun vnneth touche at neiþer ende þe erth. And þat done, he shulde hewe a bough of grene leues and ley it þer as þe hert yede in and kutte an oþer scantelon þer after to take to þe hunter. 4. A strip or piece serving as a specimen; a sample. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > an individual case or instance > [noun] > typical or representative case > part as representative of the whole > sample or specimen taste1390 muster1400 sample1428 scantillon1465 say1525 casta1556 assay1581 show1582 shave1604 trial1612 essay1614 pattern1648 trial-piece1663 dasha1672 swatch1697 spice1790 sampler1823 1465 in Manners & Househ. Expenses Eng. (1841) 492 My master bout of Barthelmew Syates a short goune clothe of cremysen velvet... And a short goune clothe of tawny velvet... And the said Barthelmew hathe it to kepe, and my master hathe sealed it at bothe endes, and take a scantylone of eche of them. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 265/2 Scantlon of a clothe, eschantillon. 1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 403 This booke, wherein their words are gathered, and comprehended together by themselves, as the verie scantillons (as I may so say) and seeds extracted a part from their lives. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.a1300 |
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