单词 | thousandweight |
释义 | thousandweightn. rare. A weight of a thousand pounds. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > measurement > measurement by weighing > [noun] > unit or denomination of weight > pound > one thousand pounds thousandweight1538 1538 T. Elyot Dict. Milliarius, a, um, of a thousande weight. 1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Thousande weyght, millepondium. 1559 W. Cuningham Cosmogr. Glasse 176 Sulphure is there so plentifull that you may for the 4. part of a ducate, haue a thousande weight. ?1677 S. Primatt City & Covntry Purchaser & Builder 99 A thousand weight of Lead taken up in Pipes, Gutters, and in Ridges. 1685 London Gaz. No. 2064/4 40 thousand weight of Powder. 1769 Ann. Reg. 1768 113/2 The Sherborne waggon was stopped by the populace, and about a thousand weight of butter taken away. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.1538 |
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