英语词汇“butter weight”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

† butter weight n. Obsolete the full measure of something and then some; literal a measure of butter in which the quantities used exceed customary units.Prior to the mid 19th cent. butter was often sold at a rate of 18 ounces to the pound (or above); cf. note at pound n.¹ 1a.

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the world > relative properties > measurement > measurement by weighing > [noun] > a system or standard of weighing > for specific substances

butter weight1733

the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > abundance > [noun] > plenty or more than one reckons on

lumping pennyworth?1706

butter weight1733

1733 J. Swift On Poetry 28 Yet, why should we be lac'd so straight; I'll give my [monarch] Butter-weight.

1829 Trans. Highland Soc. Scotl. 1 355 The largest size should not exceed 84 lb. gross, or 3 stones Aberdeen butter weight, that being the size used in Ireland, and most convenient and saleable in the London market.

1878 Notes & Queries 23 Nov. 410/1 Butter-weight means full legal weight and something more.

1906 Bedford (Indiana) Weekly Mail 11 May Be sure to give me butter weight, now, for I've been a long time customer of yours.

单词	butter weight
释义	> as lemmas butter weight † butter weight n. Obsolete the full measure of something and then some; literal a measure of butter in which the quantities used exceed customary units.Prior to the mid 19th cent. butter was often sold at a rate of 18 ounces to the pound (or above); cf. note at pound n.¹ 1a. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > measurement > measurement by weighing > [noun] > a system or standard of weighing > for specific substances butter weight1733 the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > abundance > [noun] > plenty or more than one reckons on lumping pennyworth?1706 butter weight1733 1733 J. Swift On Poetry 28 Yet, why should we be lac'd so straight; I'll give my [monarch] Butter-weight. 1829 Trans. Highland Soc. Scotl. 1 355 The largest size should not exceed 84 lb. gross, or 3 stones Aberdeen butter weight, that being the size used in Ireland, and most convenient and saleable in the London market. 1878 Notes & Queries 23 Nov. 410/1 Butter-weight means full legal weight and something more. 1906 Bedford (Indiana) Weekly Mail 11 May Be sure to give me butter weight, now, for I've been a long time customer of yours. extracted from buttern.¹ < as lemmas
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