weigh-scalen.

Brit.

/ˈweɪskeɪl/, U.S.

/ˈweɪˌskeɪl/

Forms: In Middle English weye scale, Middle English weyscale, weyscill, 1500s weye skaile, weyskale.

Etymology: < Dutch waagschaal or Middle Low German wageschale (whence Middle Swedish väghskal , Swedish vågskål , older Danish væghskol , Norwegian vaagskaal ) = German wagschale (†wage- ), Old English wǽgscalu (once). See scale n.¹ and weigh-shale n. In recent use perhaps a new formation.

Originally northern.

a. The pan of a balance; plural a pair of scales.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > measurement > measurement by weighing > equipment for weighing > [noun] > a weighing apparatus > a balance > scales

weighc825

weightsa1300

balance1388

weigh-scalea1400

weighing-scalesc1450

scales1480

weigh-balk1824

the world > relative properties > measurement > measurement by weighing > equipment for weighing > [noun] > a weighing apparatus > a balance > scale of a balance

balance1388

weigh-scalea1400

basin1413

scalec1440

shell15..

scale-pan1830

a1400 Metr. Hom. (Vernon MS.) in Archiv f. das Studium der Neueren Sprachen 57 313 Þe ffendes leide in a weye scale Alle pers synnes grete and smale.

c1440 Alphabet of Tales 204 Hym þoght þer was fowle blakk men þatt putt all his ill dedis in a wey-skale. And on þe toder hand hym þoght þer was fayr men, bod þai wer passand hevy, & said þai had no gude dede of his to putt in þe toder wey-skale agayns his ill dedis.

1447–8 in J. T. Fowler Extracts Acct. Rolls Abbey of Durham (1898) I. 87 Pro uno drawghrape et uno smalrape pro Weyscill, 15d.

1459 in J. T. Fowler Extracts Acct. Rolls Abbey of Durham (1898) I. 89 j par del Weyscalez cum diversis ponderibus.

1582 in W. Greenwell Wills & Inventories Registry Durham (1860) II. 45 i paire of weye skailes.

1600 in J. Barmby Memorials St. Giles's, Durham (1896) 27 Paid for mendinge of a weyskale.

1897 R. Kipling Captains Courageous viii, in McClure's Mag. Mar. 426/2 A tall woman who had been sitting on a weigh-scale dropped down into the schooner.

b. to be on the weigh-scales: to be undecided.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > be irresolute or vacillate [verb (intransitive)]

haltc825

flecchec1300

waverc1315

flickerc1325

wag1387

swervea1400

floghter1521

stacker1526

to be of (occasionally in) many (also divers) minds1530

wave1532

stagger1533

to hang in the wind1536

to waver as, like, with the wind1548

mammer1554

sway1563

dodge1568

erch1584

suspend1585

float1598

swag1608

hoverc1620

hesitate1623

vacillate1623

fluctuate1634

demur1641

balance1656

to be at shall I, shall I (not)1674

to stand shall I, shall I1674

to go shill-I shall-I1700

to stand at shilly-shally1700

to act, to keep (upon), the volanta1734

whiffle1737

dilly-dally1740

to be in (also of, occasionally on) two minds (also in twenty minds, in (also of) several minds, etc.)1751

oscillate1771

shilly-shally1782

dacker1817

librate1822

humdrum1825

swing1833

(to stand or sit) on or upon the fence1848

to back and fill1854

haver1866

wobble1867

shaffle1873

dicker1879

to be on the weigh-scales1886

waffle1894

to think twice1898

to teeter on the brink1902

dither1908

vagulate1918

pern1920

1886 M. Moorsom Thirteen all Told 43 Elliot was still on the weigh-scales about going.

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

单词	weigh-scale
释义	weigh-scalen. Brit. /ˈweɪskeɪl/, U.S. /ˈweɪˌskeɪl/ Forms: In Middle English weye scale, Middle English weyscale, weyscill, 1500s weye skaile, weyskale. Etymology: < Dutch waagschaal or Middle Low German wageschale (whence Middle Swedish väghskal , Swedish vågskål , older Danish væghskol , Norwegian vaagskaal ) = German wagschale (†wage- ), Old English wǽgscalu (once). See scale n.¹ and weigh-shale n. In recent use perhaps a new formation. Originally northern. a. The pan of a balance; plural a pair of scales. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > measurement > measurement by weighing > equipment for weighing > [noun] > a weighing apparatus > a balance > scales weighc825 weightsa1300 balance1388 weigh-scalea1400 weighing-scalesc1450 scales1480 weigh-balk1824 the world > relative properties > measurement > measurement by weighing > equipment for weighing > [noun] > a weighing apparatus > a balance > scale of a balance balance1388 weigh-scalea1400 basin1413 scalec1440 shell15.. scale-pan1830 a1400 Metr. Hom. (Vernon MS.) in Archiv f. das Studium der Neueren Sprachen 57 313 Þe ffendes leide in a weye scale Alle pers synnes grete and smale. c1440 Alphabet of Tales 204 Hym þoght þer was fowle blakk men þatt putt all his ill dedis in a wey-skale. And on þe toder hand hym þoght þer was fayr men, bod þai wer passand hevy, & said þai had no gude dede of his to putt in þe toder wey-skale agayns his ill dedis. 1447–8 in J. T. Fowler Extracts Acct. Rolls Abbey of Durham (1898) I. 87 Pro uno drawghrape et uno smalrape pro Weyscill, 15d. 1459 in J. T. Fowler Extracts Acct. Rolls Abbey of Durham (1898) I. 89 j par del Weyscalez cum diversis ponderibus. 1582 in W. Greenwell Wills & Inventories Registry Durham (1860) II. 45 i paire of weye skailes. 1600 in J. Barmby Memorials St. Giles's, Durham (1896) 27 Paid for mendinge of a weyskale. 1897 R. Kipling Captains Courageous viii, in McClure's Mag. Mar. 426/2 A tall woman who had been sitting on a weigh-scale dropped down into the schooner. b. to be on the weigh-scales: to be undecided. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > be irresolute or vacillate [verb (intransitive)] haltc825 flecchec1300 waverc1315 flickerc1325 wag1387 swervea1400 floghter1521 stacker1526 to be of (occasionally in) many (also divers) minds1530 wave1532 stagger1533 to hang in the wind1536 to waver as, like, with the wind1548 mammer1554 sway1563 dodge1568 erch1584 suspend1585 float1598 swag1608 hoverc1620 hesitate1623 vacillate1623 fluctuate1634 demur1641 balance1656 to be at shall I, shall I (not)1674 to stand shall I, shall I1674 to go shill-I shall-I1700 to stand at shilly-shally1700 to act, to keep (upon), the volanta1734 whiffle1737 dilly-dally1740 to be in (also of, occasionally on) two minds (also in twenty minds, in (also of) several minds, etc.)1751 oscillate1771 shilly-shally1782 dacker1817 librate1822 humdrum1825 swing1833 (to stand or sit) on or upon the fence1848 to back and fill1854 haver1866 wobble1867 shaffle1873 dicker1879 to be on the weigh-scales1886 waffle1894 to think twice1898 to teeter on the brink1902 dither1908 vagulate1918 pern1920 1886 M. Moorsom Thirteen all Told 43 Elliot was still on the weigh-scales about going. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.a1400
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