| 单词 | to kick or strike the beam |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto kick or strike the beam b. Phrases, the common beam, the King's beam (Historical); the public standard balance formerly in the custody of the Grocers' Company of London; figurative an authorized standard. to kick or strike the beam: (of one scale of a balance) to be so lightly loaded that it flies up and strikes the beam; to be greatly outweighed; often figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > measurement > measurement by weighing > equipment for weighing > [noun] > a weighing apparatus > a balance > public standard balance the King's beam1448 the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > conformity to or with a pattern, etc. > [noun] > a standard or norm regulaOE standardc1475 rate1509 square1549 formular1563 squarier1581 scantling1587 the King's beam1607 referencea1627 modulea1628 norme1635 the common beam1647 normaa1676 plummet line1683 norm1821 modulus1857 normative1909 the world > matter > properties of materials > lightness > be light [verb (intransitive)] > be greatly outweighed to kick or strike the beam1712 1386 Records Grocers' Co. Lond. (facsimile 67) Item paie a Johan Reche pour defendre le pursute dell Bem.] 1448 MS. Records do. 147 Weying the same marchaundise at ther owne beeme, and not at the commorn beeme. a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) II. f. xxviiiv Than was layde vnto theyr charge that..They hadde alteryd the Kynges Beame. a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) II. f. lxviiv All suche wares, as they shulde haue weyed at the kynges Bealme. 1607 S. Hieron Dignitie of Script. in Wks. (1620) I. 79 To make the written word (as it were) the standard or the kings beame, by which to try all doctrine. 1647 N. Ward Simple Cobler Aggawam 36 A sin..that seemes small in the common beam of the world, may be very great in the scales of his Sanctuary. 1712 J. Addison Spectator No. 463. ¶3 The latter, to shew its comparative Lightness, immediately flew up and kickt the Beam. 1860 G. P. Morris Poems (ed. 15) 53 Wealth!—a straw within the balance, Opposed to love will strike the beam. < as lemmas |
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