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单词 well-weighing
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well-weighingadj.

Forms: see well adv. and n.4 and weighing adj.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: well adv., weighing adj.
Etymology: < well adv. + weighing adj. Compare earlier well-weighed adj., well weighing n.
Obsolete (rare after 17th cent.).
Of a good or great weight; heavy.
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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
?1615 G. Chapman tr. Homer Odysses (new ed.) xv. 240 Ile do my best, to see your freight supplide With some wel-weighing burthen of mine owne.
a1616 W. Shakespeare All's Well that ends Well (1623) iv. iii. 184 Or whether he thinkes it were not possible with well-waighing summes of gold to corrupt him to a reuolt. View more context for this quotation
1670 A. Martindale Let. 2 Dec. in H. Oldenburg Corr. (1970) VII. 298 This makes good sound & well-weighing cheese but somewhat harsher in taste.
1877 Jrnl. Bath & West of Eng. Soc. 9 155 It has a bold, well-weighing grain, very even in size and quality.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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