| 单词 | turn of the scale |
| 释义 | > as lemmasturn of the scale(s) c. turn of the scale(s): (with reference to selling items by weight on a scale or balance) the slight advantage given to the buyer by which the article sold overbalances the weight and brings down the scale pan, but is sold as the weight purchased. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > smallness of quantity, amount, or degree > [noun] > a small quantity or amount > a very small amount shredc1000 farthingsworthc1325 pennyworthc1330 incha1350 sliverc1374 chipa1393 gnastc1440 Jack1530 spoonful1531 crumba1535 spark1548 slight1549 pin's worth1562 scruple1574 thought1581 pinch1583 scrap1583 splinter1609 ticket1634 notchet1637 indivisible1644 tinyc1650 twopence1691 turn of the scale(s)1706 enough to swear by1756 touch1786 scrimptiona1825 infinitesimal1840 smidgen1841 snuff1842 fluxion1846 smitchel1856 eyelash1860 smidge1866 tenpenceworth1896 whisker1913 tidge1986 1706 Origine & Antiq. Eng. Weights & Meas. Discover'd 3 The half Pound is taken from the Hundred, and added to it again in the over-weight or Turn of the Scale, called Draught; For which half a Pound in the Hundred seems to have been the ancient Allowance. 1936 Mail (Adelaide) 21 Nov. 8/2 Remember the old Irishwoman who always bought her tea by the ounce, because in that way she got the turn of the scale 16 times to the pound. < as lemmas |
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