weighingn.

/ˈweɪɪŋ/

Forms: see the verb; also Middle English weyng(e.

Etymology: < weigh v.¹ + -ing suffix¹.

1. The action of lifting, raising, or hoisting. Also with up, †out, etc.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > upward movement > raising > [noun] > hoisting

weighing1485

heeze1513

hoisting1641

hoist1654

heezy1719

hoise1787

society > travel > travel by water > berthing, mooring, or anchoring > [noun] > action, fact, or opportunity of anchoring > weighing anchor

weighing1485

loosing1632

1485 in M. Oppenheim Naval Accts. & Inventories Henry VII (1896) 27 Paid..for the weying of an Anker..ij^s.

1497 in M. Oppenheim Naval Accts. & Inventories Henry VII (1896) 171 The brekyng vp of the dokke hede at Portesmouth weyng vt of the piles & shorys.

1545 in Hooker Life Sir P. Carew (1857) 131 My Lorde Admyrall..told me that he had a good hope of the waying upright of the Mary Rose this afternone or to-morrow.

a1687 Sir W. Petty in T. H[ale] Acc. New Invent. (1691) 119 The..weighing up of a Ship.

1755 in 6th Rep. Deputy Keeper Rec. App. ii. 128 A Windlass, for the more easy weighing a Ship's Anchor at Sea.

a. The action or process of ascertaining the weight of an object.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > measurement > measurement by weighing > [noun]

peisinga1382

weighing1430

weighta1483

balancing1599

perlibration1623

trutination1633

ponderation1646

libration1657

scaling1841

weighment1878

1430 Coventry Leet Bk. 134 The ouersight of the weyng, and the sealyng of weightes.

c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 520/2 Weyynge, wythe whytys, ponderacio, libracio.

c1503 R. Arnold Chron. f. xxxvi/1 Whyinge appartayneth not vnto tronage.

1720 London Gaz. No. 5869/2 Owners of Hops are to give Notice.. of the..Hour of bagging and weighing.

1830 M. Faraday Chem. Manip. (new ed.) ii. 65 The method of double weighing..invented by Borda.

1842 S. Lover Handy Andy i Certain weighing of soap and tobacco was going forward.

1857 W. A. Miller Elements Chem. III. 24 A second weighing gives the quantity of metallic lead.

1884 Ld. Kelvin in S. P. Thompson Life Ld. Kelvin (1910) II. xix. 801 I shall be greatly interested to hear more of your silver weighings.

b. concrete. (See quot. 1828.)

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > measurement > measurement by weighing > [noun] > quantity weighed at one time

weighing1828

1828 N. Webster Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Weighing 2. As much as is weighed at once; as, a weighing of beef.

3. figurative. Balancing in the mind, pondering, considering.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > thought > continued thinking, reflection, contemplation > thinking about, consideration, deliberation > [noun]

i-mindOE

studyinglOE

mindc1300

bethinking1340

poring1340

regard1348

weighingc1380

contemplationc1390

advisementa1393

deliberationa1393

advicec1405

reckoninga1413

visement?1414

considerancec1420

advisenessc1425

revolutionc1425

rewardc1432

mind-takingc1449

umbethinkingc1450

advisednessc1475

considering1483

beholding1530

meditationa1535

pondering1535

cogitation?1542

expending1545

ponderation1556

perpending1558

well weighing1566

surview1576

reflex1593

revolve1595

lucubration1596

agitation1600

perpension1612

vizamenta1616

pensitation1623

perpensation1623

perpendment1667

ruminating1668

commentationa1670

revolving1670

reflectiona1674

introspectiona1676

propendencya1676

ponderment1728

chawing1845

c1380 J. Wyclif Sel. Wks. III. 364 And errour in weiyng of þis love makiþ many fals weddings.

1560 Ld. Montague tr. J. Fisher Godlie Treat. Prayer sig. H6^v Ouerrunnyng a multitude of wordes with small consideration or weyghing of them.

1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 636 After mature deliberation and weighing of the matter.

1660 Bp. J. Taylor Ductor Dubitantium II. iii. v. Rule 8 §12 The truth..is determinable by a just weighing of all that which very many wise Men have said, being put together.

1827 T. Jarman Powell's Ess. Learning of Devises (ed. 3) II. 151 If the ‘weighing of inconveniences’ were to be made on every particular will, the relative situation of the heir and devisee being thrown into the scale.

1848 E. C. Gaskell Mary Barton I. xv. 275 Will's love had no blushings, no downcast eyes, no weighing of words.

1885 Law Rep.: Queen's Bench Div. 15 137 The statute requires that there should be a real inquiry, a real weighing and sifting of evidence.

4. (Downward) pressure.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > physics > mechanics > force > [noun] > pressure > action or fact of pressing upon

weighing1398

impressure1649

supergravitation1664

superincumbency1666

superincumbence1698

incumbition1760

impressment1866

1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (1495) vii. lv. r iv b This skynne is deeled other slakyd somtyme..by to grete weyghte & weyenge dounwarde of the other membres.

Compounds

C1. General attributive.

weighing-cage n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > animal enclosure or house general > [noun] > animal house > cage or hutch

cage?c1225

grate1552

hutch1607

weighing-cage1819

perchery1985

1819 A. Rees Cycl. XXXVIII Weighing-Cage,..an open box or cage, by means of which any small animal, such as a pig, sheep, calf,..may be..expeditiously weighed... It is constructed on the principle of the common steel-yard.

weighing-fee n.

ΚΠ

1858 Rules of Jockey Club §30 The weighing fee for plates and stakes is 10s. each horse, and 10s. extra for the winner.

weighing-house n.

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

1819 A. Rees Cycl. XXXVIII Weighing-House, a building furnished with a dock, and conveniences for gauging or ascertaining the tonnage of boats that are to be used on a canal.

1829 P. F. Tytler Hist. Scotl. II. vi. 155 It would be necessary to have some experienced person to attend in the weighing-house upon the part of the king, to superintend the annual payments.

1863 M. E. Braddon Aurora Floyd I. xiii. 290 John was..tumbling over small book-men in his agitation; dashing from the ring to the weighing-house.

weighing-room n.

ΚΠ

1838 Civil Engineer & Architect's Jrnl. 1 116/2 There is an office for the clerk of the market, and a weighing-room.

weighing-scales n.

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

c1450 in J. Raine Testamenta Eboracensia (1865) III. 99 j par weyengscales de ligno, iiij d.

weighing-yard n.

ΚΠ

1891 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Sydney-side Saxon xii [After the race] Possie rode up to the weighing yard with me.

C2.

weighing-engine n. an apparatus (e.g. a combination of levers, a spring-balance) for weighing heavy bodies.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > measurement > measurement by weighing > equipment for weighing > [noun] > a weighing apparatus > for weighing heavy bodies

weighing-engine1796

weighing-machine1796

1796 Repertory of Arts 6 77 The main or long lever of the weighing-engine.

1861 Act 24 & 25 Victoria c. 97 §34 Any House, Building, or Weighing Engine erected for the better Collection, Ascertainment, or Security of any such Toll.

weighing-machine n. an apparatus (e.g. a combination of levers, a spring-balance) for weighing heavy bodies.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > measurement > measurement by weighing > equipment for weighing > [noun] > a weighing apparatus > for weighing heavy bodies

weighing-engine1796

weighing-machine1796

1796 Repertory of Arts 6 75 (heading) Patent for an Improvement in Weighing-Machines.

1844 H. Stephens Bk. of Farm II. 343 The Weighing-machine is an important article of the barn furniture.

1864 J. W. Carlyle Lett. III. 231 There is a weighing-machine at our green-grocer's.

† weighing-post n. Obsolete a post on a race-course, indicating the place appointed for the weighing of the riders.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > horse racing > racecourse > [noun] > posts or poles

weighing-post1688

pole1851

1688 London Gaz. No. 2312/4 Every Horse shall be shewn that day three weeks before the Race, at the Weighing Post of Caythorp Course.

1734 J. Cheny Hist. List Horse-matches 22 Small-hopes came in first, but the Rider alighting off before he came to the weighing Post, the Gelding was deem'd distanc'd.

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

单词	weighing
释义	weighingn. /ˈweɪɪŋ/ Forms: see the verb; also Middle English weyng(e. Etymology: < weigh v.¹ + -ing suffix¹. 1. The action of lifting, raising, or hoisting. Also with up, †out, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > upward movement > raising > [noun] > hoisting weighing1485 heeze1513 hoisting1641 hoist1654 heezy1719 hoise1787 society > travel > travel by water > berthing, mooring, or anchoring > [noun] > action, fact, or opportunity of anchoring > weighing anchor weighing1485 loosing1632 1485 in M. Oppenheim Naval Accts. & Inventories Henry VII (1896) 27 Paid..for the weying of an Anker..ij^s. 1497 in M. Oppenheim Naval Accts. & Inventories Henry VII (1896) 171 The brekyng vp of the dokke hede at Portesmouth weyng vt of the piles & shorys. 1545 in Hooker Life Sir P. Carew (1857) 131 My Lorde Admyrall..told me that he had a good hope of the waying upright of the Mary Rose this afternone or to-morrow. a1687 Sir W. Petty in T. H[ale] Acc. New Invent. (1691) 119 The..weighing up of a Ship. 1755 in 6th Rep. Deputy Keeper Rec. App. ii. 128 A Windlass, for the more easy weighing a Ship's Anchor at Sea. 2. a. The action or process of ascertaining the weight of an object. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > measurement > measurement by weighing > [noun] peisinga1382 weighing1430 weighta1483 balancing1599 perlibration1623 trutination1633 ponderation1646 libration1657 scaling1841 weighment1878 1430 Coventry Leet Bk. 134 The ouersight of the weyng, and the sealyng of weightes. c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 520/2 Weyynge, wythe whytys, ponderacio, libracio. c1503 R. Arnold Chron. f. xxxvi/1 Whyinge appartayneth not vnto tronage. 1720 London Gaz. No. 5869/2 Owners of Hops are to give Notice.. of the..Hour of bagging and weighing. 1830 M. Faraday Chem. Manip. (new ed.) ii. 65 The method of double weighing..invented by Borda. 1842 S. Lover Handy Andy i Certain weighing of soap and tobacco was going forward. 1857 W. A. Miller Elements Chem. III. 24 A second weighing gives the quantity of metallic lead. 1884 Ld. Kelvin in S. P. Thompson Life Ld. Kelvin (1910) II. xix. 801 I shall be greatly interested to hear more of your silver weighings. b. concrete. (See quot. 1828.) ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > measurement > measurement by weighing > [noun] > quantity weighed at one time weighing1828 1828 N. Webster Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Weighing 2. As much as is weighed at once; as, a weighing of beef. 3. figurative. Balancing in the mind, pondering, considering. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > thought > continued thinking, reflection, contemplation > thinking about, consideration, deliberation > [noun] i-mindOE studyinglOE mindc1300 bethinking1340 poring1340 regard1348 weighingc1380 contemplationc1390 advisementa1393 deliberationa1393 advicec1405 reckoninga1413 visement?1414 considerancec1420 advisenessc1425 revolutionc1425 rewardc1432 mind-takingc1449 umbethinkingc1450 advisednessc1475 considering1483 beholding1530 meditationa1535 pondering1535 cogitation?1542 expending1545 ponderation1556 perpending1558 well weighing1566 surview1576 reflex1593 revolve1595 lucubration1596 agitation1600 perpension1612 vizamenta1616 pensitation1623 perpensation1623 perpendment1667 ruminating1668 commentationa1670 revolving1670 reflectiona1674 introspectiona1676 propendencya1676 ponderment1728 chawing1845 c1380 J. Wyclif Sel. Wks. III. 364 And errour in weiyng of þis love makiþ many fals weddings. 1560 Ld. Montague tr. J. Fisher Godlie Treat. Prayer sig. H6^v Ouerrunnyng a multitude of wordes with small consideration or weyghing of them. 1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 636 After mature deliberation and weighing of the matter. 1660 Bp. J. Taylor Ductor Dubitantium II. iii. v. Rule 8 §12 The truth..is determinable by a just weighing of all that which very many wise Men have said, being put together. 1827 T. Jarman Powell's Ess. Learning of Devises (ed. 3) II. 151 If the ‘weighing of inconveniences’ were to be made on every particular will, the relative situation of the heir and devisee being thrown into the scale. 1848 E. C. Gaskell Mary Barton I. xv. 275 Will's love had no blushings, no downcast eyes, no weighing of words. 1885 Law Rep.: Queen's Bench Div. 15 137 The statute requires that there should be a real inquiry, a real weighing and sifting of evidence. 4. (Downward) pressure. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > physics > mechanics > force > [noun] > pressure > action or fact of pressing upon weighing1398 impressure1649 supergravitation1664 superincumbency1666 superincumbence1698 incumbition1760 impressment1866 1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (1495) vii. lv. r iv b This skynne is deeled other slakyd somtyme..by to grete weyghte & weyenge dounwarde of the other membres. Compounds C1. General attributive. weighing-cage n. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > animal enclosure or house general > [noun] > animal house > cage or hutch cage?c1225 grate1552 hutch1607 weighing-cage1819 perchery1985 1819 A. Rees Cycl. XXXVIII Weighing-Cage,..an open box or cage, by means of which any small animal, such as a pig, sheep, calf,..may be..expeditiously weighed... It is constructed on the principle of the common steel-yard. weighing-fee n. ΚΠ 1858 Rules of Jockey Club §30 The weighing fee for plates and stakes is 10s. each horse, and 10s. extra for the winner. weighing-house n. 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 1819 A. Rees Cycl. XXXVIII Weighing-House, a building furnished with a dock, and conveniences for gauging or ascertaining the tonnage of boats that are to be used on a canal. 1829 P. F. Tytler Hist. Scotl. II. vi. 155 It would be necessary to have some experienced person to attend in the weighing-house upon the part of the king, to superintend the annual payments. 1863 M. E. Braddon Aurora Floyd I. xiii. 290 John was..tumbling over small book-men in his agitation; dashing from the ring to the weighing-house. weighing-room n. ΚΠ 1838 Civil Engineer & Architect's Jrnl. 1 116/2 There is an office for the clerk of the market, and a weighing-room. weighing-scales n. 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 c1450 in J. Raine Testamenta Eboracensia (1865) III. 99 j par weyengscales de ligno, iiij d. weighing-yard n. ΚΠ 1891 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Sydney-side Saxon xii [After the race] Possie rode up to the weighing yard with me. C2. weighing-engine n. an apparatus (e.g. a combination of levers, a spring-balance) for weighing heavy bodies. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > measurement > measurement by weighing > equipment for weighing > [noun] > a weighing apparatus > for weighing heavy bodies weighing-engine1796 weighing-machine1796 1796 Repertory of Arts 6 77 The main or long lever of the weighing-engine. 1861 Act 24 & 25 Victoria c. 97 §34 Any House, Building, or Weighing Engine erected for the better Collection, Ascertainment, or Security of any such Toll. weighing-machine n. an apparatus (e.g. a combination of levers, a spring-balance) for weighing heavy bodies. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > measurement > measurement by weighing > equipment for weighing > [noun] > a weighing apparatus > for weighing heavy bodies weighing-engine1796 weighing-machine1796 1796 Repertory of Arts 6 75 (heading) Patent for an Improvement in Weighing-Machines. 1844 H. Stephens Bk. of Farm II. 343 The Weighing-machine is an important article of the barn furniture. 1864 J. W. Carlyle Lett. III. 231 There is a weighing-machine at our green-grocer's. † weighing-post n. Obsolete a post on a race-course, indicating the place appointed for the weighing of the riders. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > horse racing > racecourse > [noun] > posts or poles weighing-post1688 pole1851 1688 London Gaz. No. 2312/4 Every Horse shall be shewn that day three weeks before the Race, at the Weighing Post of Caythorp Course. 1734 J. Cheny Hist. List Horse-matches 22 Small-hopes came in first, but the Rider alighting off before he came to the weighing Post, the Gelding was deem'd distanc'd. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online December 2021). † weighingadj. Etymology: -ing suffix². Heavy. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > properties of materials > weight or relative heaviness > [adjective] > heavy heavyc1000 unlightc1330 sada1375 chargeousa1382 lumpinga1400 ponderousa1400 weighingc1400 poisant1477 peisant1483 wieldlya1500 weighty1500 peiseda1522 burdenous1529 weightful1530 grave1570 leaden1578 plumbeousa1586 wieldy1592 peisy1599 well-weighing?1615 lead-like1816 hefty1867 c1400 tr. Secreta Secret., Gov. Lordsh. 71 Ley vpon þy wombe an hoot sherte and weyand [L. camisiam calidam ponderosam]. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.c1380adj.c1400
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weighingn.

Compounds

† weighingadj.