| 单词 | tower weight |
| 释义 | > as lemmasTower weight Tower weight n. weight expressed in terms of the Tower pound. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > measurement > measurement by weighing > [noun] > a system or standard of weighing > specific systems or standards troy weight1390 lying-weight1454 avoirdupoisc1485 Tower weight1545 tron weight1593 sterling weight1612 overweight1656 merchant weight1704 tron1801 sicca weight1833 1545 Rates Custome House sig. dvv A pounde of Tower wayght wayeth of the Troy .xi. ounces .i. quarter. 1622 G. de Malynes Consuetudo 292 There hath been vsed from the beginning (in the Mint) both Troy and Tower weight, each of them containing twelue ounces in the pound weight, sauing that the Troy weight is heauier by sixteen penie weight vpon the pound weight: by which Troy weight the merchants bought their gold and siluer abroad, and by the same did deliuer it to the Kings mint, receiuing in counterpeaze but tower weight for Troy, which was the Princes Prerogatiue. < as lemmas |
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