单词 | by weight |
释义 | > as lemmasby weight 1. by weight: as determined by weighing. †without weight: taken unweighed. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > measurement > measurement by weighing > as determined by weighing [phrase] by weightc1000 in pound1596 the world > relative properties > measurement > measurement by weighing > as determined by weighing [phrase] > taken unweighed without weight1539 c1000 Sax. Leechd. I. 146 Genim þas wyrte & swinen smeru..ægþres gelice micel be wihte. Cf. c1000 Sax. Leechd. I. 148 Genim..ealra þyssa wyrta gelice fela be gewihte.] a1123 Anglo-Saxon Chron. ann. 1086 (Laud) Manig marc goldes & ma hundred punda seolfres. Ðet he nam be wihte..of his land~leode. c1325 Chron. Eng. 503 in J. Ritson Anc. Eng. Metrical Romanceës (1802) II He made thre condlen by wyht. 1340 Ayenbite (1866) 44 Huanne þo þet zelleþ be wyȝte purchaceþ and makeþ zuo moche þet [etc.]. c1440 J. Capgrave Life St. Katherine 1238 Alle soules..That shal to blisse, I peyse hem alle be wyte Whether in goodnesse thei ben heuy or lyghte. c1460 Contin. Brut. 492 It was ordeyned þat þe gold in Englissh coygne shuld be weyed, & none receyved but by weght. 1539 Bible (Great) 2 Kings xxv. 16 The brasse of all these vesselles was without wayght. 1585 T. Washington tr. N. de Nicolay Nauigations Turkie ii. i. 32 To distribute the bysket..by weight. 1601 F. Tate Househ. Ord. Edward II (1876) §15. 13 The serjant chaundeler shal receve the wax & lightes bi waight from the clarke of the spicery. c1612 Turners Dish in Rollins Pepysian Garl. (1922) 36 You that sel your wares by waight, and live vpon the trade. 1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage ii. iii. 98 Besides iewels, and brasse, and iron, without weight, with Cedars and stones without number. 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics iii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 113 With Axes first they cleave the Wine, and thence By weight, the solid portions they dispence. View more context for this quotation 1730 Conduitt Observ. Coins (1774) 10 Foreigners who take our guineas in quantities only by weight, may melt down the heavy ones. 1811 A. T. Thomson London Dispensatory iii. 429 The proportions of acid and water were equal by weight. 1815 W. H. Ireland Scribbleomania 15 Of paper a pile..Which by weight had been purchas'd. < as lemmas |
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