toisen.

/tɔɪz/

Forms: In 1500s toyse.

Etymology: < French toise < Old French teise = Italian tesa < Late Latin tēsa , tensa (sc. brachia ) ‘the outstretched arms’, taken as a feminine singular: see also the Middle English teise n.

A French lineal measure of 6 French feet, roughly equal to 1·949 metres, or 6²/ ₅ English feet. Chiefly in military use. square toise, a measure = about 4¹/ ₂ square yards.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > measurement > measurement of length > [noun] > units of length or distance > French units

aune1481

toise1604

cane1653

1604 R. Dallington View of Fraunce sig. B4^v This great City..is within ten Toyses as large as Paris.

c1660 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1644 (1955) II. 119 The Greate Garden being 180 thoises long and 154 wide.

1759 J. Mills tr. H. L. Duhamel du Monceau Pract. Treat. Husbandry ii. ii. 150 1344 square toises of 36 feet.

1823 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto VIII vii. 114 The column ordered on the assault scarce passed Beyond the Russian batteries a few toises [rhyme noises].

1904 A. Quiller-Couch Fort Amity xiii It was quadrilateral with a frontage of fifty toises.

Derivatives

toise v. [ < French toiser] rare transitive to measure with the eye, to eye from head to foot.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > seeing or looking > see [verb (transitive)] > stare or gaze at

bestarec1220

bigapea1250

to gape atc1290

fix14..

to stick one's eyes in (also into)c1485

attacha1500

porec1500

to take feeding (of)c1500

stare1510

(to have) in gaze1577

gaze1591

outstare1596

over-stare1600

devour1628

trysta1694

ogle1795

begaze1802

toise1888

fixate1889

rubberneck1897

eyeball1901

1888 R. L. Stevenson Master of Ballantrae (Author's ed.) iv. 103 At the same time, he had a better look at me, toised me a second time sharply, and then smiled.

a1894 R. L. Stevenson St. Ives (1898) xix I am acquainted also with the properties of a pair of pistols, said I, toising him.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	toise
释义	toisen. /tɔɪz/ Forms: In 1500s toyse. Etymology: < French toise < Old French teise = Italian tesa < Late Latin tēsa , tensa (sc. brachia ) ‘the outstretched arms’, taken as a feminine singular: see also the Middle English teise n. A French lineal measure of 6 French feet, roughly equal to 1·949 metres, or 6²/ ₅ English feet. Chiefly in military use. square toise, a measure = about 4¹/ ₂ square yards. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > measurement > measurement of length > [noun] > units of length or distance > French units aune1481 toise1604 cane1653 1604 R. Dallington View of Fraunce sig. B4^v This great City..is within ten Toyses as large as Paris. c1660 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1644 (1955) II. 119 The Greate Garden being 180 thoises long and 154 wide. 1759 J. Mills tr. H. L. Duhamel du Monceau Pract. Treat. Husbandry ii. ii. 150 1344 square toises of 36 feet. 1823 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto VIII vii. 114 The column ordered on the assault scarce passed Beyond the Russian batteries a few toises [rhyme noises]. 1904 A. Quiller-Couch Fort Amity xiii It was quadrilateral with a frontage of fifty toises. Derivatives toise v. [ < French toiser] rare transitive to measure with the eye, to eye from head to foot. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > seeing or looking > see [verb (transitive)] > stare or gaze at bestarec1220 bigapea1250 to gape atc1290 fix14.. to stick one's eyes in (also into)c1485 attacha1500 porec1500 to take feeding (of)c1500 stare1510 (to have) in gaze1577 gaze1591 outstare1596 over-stare1600 devour1628 trysta1694 ogle1795 begaze1802 toise1888 fixate1889 rubberneck1897 eyeball1901 1888 R. L. Stevenson Master of Ballantrae (Author's ed.) iv. 103 At the same time, he had a better look at me, toised me a second time sharply, and then smiled. a1894 R. L. Stevenson St. Ives (1898) xix I am acquainted also with the properties of a pair of pistols, said I, toising him. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.1604
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