water measuren.

Brit.

/ˈwɔːtə mɛʒə/, U.S.

/ˈwɔdər ˌmɛʒər/,

/ˈwɑdər ˌmɛʒər/

Forms: see water n. and measure n.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: water n., measure n.

Etymology: < water n. + measure n.

Now historical.

A system of measurement of capacity formerly used for goods sold on board vessels in port or on a river; a unit of measurement of this type.The bushel of water measure seems to have been originally the ordinary bushel heaped; the statute cited in quot. 1495 ordained that it should contain five pecks of striked (i.e. levelled) measure, thus exceeding the ordinary bushel by one-fourth. A water measure exceeding the standard measure in a larger proportion seems to have been used in some cases (quots. 1708¹, 1815; cf. quot. 1849 at chaldron n. 2).

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the world > relative properties > measurement > the scientific measurement of volume > measure(s) of capacity > [noun] > specific measures or standards

water metOE

measurec1350

water met1426

water measure1465

Winchesterc1550

Pool measure1701

mgd1955

1465 J. Paston in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) I. 130 I may selle here for vj s. viij d. a quarter clene-fyed after Royston mesure, whech is lesse thanne the water mesure of London.

1495 Rolls of Parl.: Henry VII (Electronic ed.) Parl. Oct. 1495 §44. m. 27 This acte shall not extend..to any persone selling or byeng by water mesure..and..that the seid water mesure within the..ship borde shall onely conteyn v. pekkis after the seid standard rased and streken.

1581 in Southampton Court Leet Rec. (1905) 215 It is ordeynid that none should buye either salt, onions, aples or such lyke vppon the wate^r but by water meas^ure & like wize to sell beeinge once landed & sellerid or housed but by land meas^ure.

a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Devon 247 William Alford..of Bediford carried on his back for a Wager, four Bushels, Salt-water-measure [read four Bushels Salt, water-measure].

1702 Act 1 Anne Stat. 1, c. 15(9) §1 Be it therefore Enacted..That the Measure, commonly called Water Measure, shall be Round, and in Diameter Eighteen Inches and an half within the Hoop, and Eight Inches Deep, and no more.

1708 J. C. Compl. Collier 5 in T. Nourse Mistery of Husbandry Discover'd (ed. 3) Water, or New-Castle or Sunderland Measure,..is generally reckoned double the Measure of a London Chaldron, or more.

1708 Constitutions Company Watermen & Lightermen xlii It is agreed and order'd, that all Lightermen selling Coals, shall sell Pool-measure, commonly call'd Water-measure; That is to say, One and Twenty Chaldron to the Score.

1815 W. Burney Falconer's New Universal Dict. Marine (rev. ed.) Water-measure. Salt, sea-coal, &c. while on board vessels..are measured with the corn bushel heaped up... This is called water-measure, and it exceeds Winchester measure by about three gallons in the bushel [of eight gallons].

1870 Trans. North of Eng. Inst. Mining Engineers 19 183 The Newcastle brason bowle, or ring bowle, is the standard for the water measure.

1912 Eng. Rep. 124 478 This water measure thus razed and stricken, appears to be a fifth peck or more than the wine measure (so is 11 H. 7), and is the very same which is for beer and ale.

1995 E. Gemmill & N. Mayhew Changing Values in Medieval Scotl. iii. 100 A further issue is the existence of water measure for goods coming by ship, which was a larger measure than that for goods coming from the land.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	water measure
释义	water measuren. Brit. /ˈwɔːtə mɛʒə/, U.S. /ˈwɔdər ˌmɛʒər/, /ˈwɑdər ˌmɛʒər/ Forms: see water n. and measure n. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: water n., measure n. Etymology: < water n. + measure n. Now historical. A system of measurement of capacity formerly used for goods sold on board vessels in port or on a river; a unit of measurement of this type.The bushel of water measure seems to have been originally the ordinary bushel heaped; the statute cited in quot. 1495 ordained that it should contain five pecks of striked (i.e. levelled) measure, thus exceeding the ordinary bushel by one-fourth. A water measure exceeding the standard measure in a larger proportion seems to have been used in some cases (quots. 1708¹, 1815; cf. quot. 1849 at chaldron n. 2). ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > measurement > the scientific measurement of volume > measure(s) of capacity > [noun] > specific measures or standards water metOE measurec1350 water met1426 water measure1465 Winchesterc1550 Pool measure1701 mgd1955 1465 J. Paston in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) I. 130 I may selle here for vj s. viij d. a quarter clene-fyed after Royston mesure, whech is lesse thanne the water mesure of London. 1495 Rolls of Parl.: Henry VII (Electronic ed.) Parl. Oct. 1495 §44. m. 27 This acte shall not extend..to any persone selling or byeng by water mesure..and..that the seid water mesure within the..ship borde shall onely conteyn v. pekkis after the seid standard rased and streken. 1581 in Southampton Court Leet Rec. (1905) 215 It is ordeynid that none should buye either salt, onions, aples or such lyke vppon the wate^r but by water meas^ure & like wize to sell beeinge once landed & sellerid or housed but by land meas^ure. a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Devon 247 William Alford..of Bediford carried on his back for a Wager, four Bushels, Salt-water-measure [read four Bushels Salt, water-measure]. 1702 Act 1 Anne Stat. 1, c. 15(9) §1 Be it therefore Enacted..That the Measure, commonly called Water Measure, shall be Round, and in Diameter Eighteen Inches and an half within the Hoop, and Eight Inches Deep, and no more. 1708 J. C. Compl. Collier 5 in T. Nourse Mistery of Husbandry Discover'd (ed. 3) Water, or New-Castle or Sunderland Measure,..is generally reckoned double the Measure of a London Chaldron, or more. 1708 Constitutions Company Watermen & Lightermen xlii It is agreed and order'd, that all Lightermen selling Coals, shall sell Pool-measure, commonly call'd Water-measure; That is to say, One and Twenty Chaldron to the Score. 1815 W. Burney Falconer's New Universal Dict. Marine (rev. ed.) Water-measure. Salt, sea-coal, &c. while on board vessels..are measured with the corn bushel heaped up... This is called water-measure, and it exceeds Winchester measure by about three gallons in the bushel [of eight gallons]. 1870 Trans. North of Eng. Inst. Mining Engineers 19 183 The Newcastle brason bowle, or ring bowle, is the standard for the water measure. 1912 Eng. Rep. 124 478 This water measure thus razed and stricken, appears to be a fifth peck or more than the wine measure (so is 11 H. 7), and is the very same which is for beer and ale. 1995 E. Gemmill & N. Mayhew Changing Values in Medieval Scotl. iii. 100 A further issue is the existence of water measure for goods coming by ship, which was a larger measure than that for goods coming from the land. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1465
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