weigh-housen.

Brit.

/ˈweɪhaʊs/, U.S.

/ˈweɪˌhaʊs/

Etymology: Compare Middle Low German wegehûs, German wagehaus.

A public building to which commodities are brought to be weighed.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > measurement > measurement by weighing > equipment for weighing > [noun] > place where weighing is done

weigh-house1438

weight-house1714

scale house1754

weighing-house1819

weigh-box1907

1438 Patent Roll, 16 Henry VI 10 May (P.R.O.: C 66/442) m. 9 Viam que ducit inter le Weyhous predicte Stapule..& le Wolbrigge.

1463 in S. Tymms Wills & Inventories Bury St. Edmunds (1850) 35 Robert Basset, clerc of the Weyhous at London.

1531 W. Tyndale Answere Mores Dialoge f. xlvij .xxx. or .xl. sturdy lubboures..of which the weakest shalbe as stronge in y^e bely when he cometh vn to the manger, as the mightiest porter in y^e weyhousse.

1598 J. Stow Suruay of London 150 On the North side of this street [sc. Cornhill]..one large house is called the Wey house, where marchandizes brought from beyond the seas, are to bee weighed at the Kinges Beame.

1649 W. Grey Chorographia 17 Under the Town-Court is a common Weigh~house for all sorts of Commodities.

1658 Rec. Burgh Lanark (1893) 170 The baillies and counsell ordaines the wechts in the wiehous.

1776 G. Semple Treat. Building in Water 154 Public Stores and Weigh-houses.

1817 W. Scott Rob Roy III. iv. 95 I might hae hung there till the day of judgment..wi' my head hinging doun on the tae side, and my heels on the tother, like the yarn-scales in the weigh-house.

1829 J. B. Heath Acct. Company Grocers 186 The general Weighhouse and King's Beam were in Cornhill, upon the site of the present Sun-Court.

1833 Act 3 & 4 William IV c. 46 §107 A weigh-house for the use of the inhabitants..with the necessary weights, scales, and measures.

1883 Harper's Mag. Apr. 692/1 Every scale in the weigh-house is painted some distinguishing color.

1907 Daily Chron. 18 Oct. 9/2 A large motor-car..backed into a public weigh-house at Blairgowrie (Perthshire)... The building was damaged and the steelyard destroyed... The weighman was in the house at the time, but was uninjured.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	weigh-house
释义	weigh-housen. Brit. /ˈweɪhaʊs/, U.S. /ˈweɪˌhaʊs/ Etymology: Compare Middle Low German wegehûs, German wagehaus. A public building to which commodities are brought to be weighed. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > measurement > measurement by weighing > equipment for weighing > [noun] > place where weighing is done weigh-house1438 weight-house1714 scale house1754 weighing-house1819 weigh-box1907 1438 Patent Roll, 16 Henry VI 10 May (P.R.O.: C 66/442) m. 9 Viam que ducit inter le Weyhous predicte Stapule..& le Wolbrigge. 1463 in S. Tymms Wills & Inventories Bury St. Edmunds (1850) 35 Robert Basset, clerc of the Weyhous at London. 1531 W. Tyndale Answere Mores Dialoge f. xlvij .xxx. or .xl. sturdy lubboures..of which the weakest shalbe as stronge in y^e bely when he cometh vn to the manger, as the mightiest porter in y^e weyhousse. 1598 J. Stow Suruay of London 150 On the North side of this street [sc. Cornhill]..one large house is called the Wey house, where marchandizes brought from beyond the seas, are to bee weighed at the Kinges Beame. 1649 W. Grey Chorographia 17 Under the Town-Court is a common Weigh~house for all sorts of Commodities. 1658 Rec. Burgh Lanark (1893) 170 The baillies and counsell ordaines the wechts in the wiehous. 1776 G. Semple Treat. Building in Water 154 Public Stores and Weigh-houses. 1817 W. Scott Rob Roy III. iv. 95 I might hae hung there till the day of judgment..wi' my head hinging doun on the tae side, and my heels on the tother, like the yarn-scales in the weigh-house. 1829 J. B. Heath Acct. Company Grocers 186 The general Weighhouse and King's Beam were in Cornhill, upon the site of the present Sun-Court. 1833 Act 3 & 4 William IV c. 46 §107 A weigh-house for the use of the inhabitants..with the necessary weights, scales, and measures. 1883 Harper's Mag. Apr. 692/1 Every scale in the weigh-house is painted some distinguishing color. 1907 Daily Chron. 18 Oct. 9/2 A large motor-car..backed into a public weigh-house at Blairgowrie (Perthshire)... The building was damaged and the steelyard destroyed... The weighman was in the house at the time, but was uninjured. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1438
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