单词 | carat |
释义 | caratn.ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > edible pods, seeds, leaves, or flowers > [noun] > carob carob1548 St John's bread1568 locust1597 carat1601 algarroba1671 locust bean1731 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. 447 The fruit called Carobes or Caracts. 1846 J. Lindley Veg. Kingdom (1853) 550. ] 2. A measure of weight used for diamonds and other precious stones, originally 1/ 144 of an ounce, or 31/ 3 grains, but now equal to about 1/ 150 of an ounce troy, or 31/ 5 grains, though varying slightly with time and place. It is divided into 4 carat-grains. Also attributive, as in a one-carat diamond, and (quot. 1568) in more general use. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > measurement > measurement by weighing > [noun] > unit or denomination of weight weightc1175 M1548 carat1568 killat1580 muttie1672 minim1790 the world > relative properties > measurement > measurement by weighing > [noun] > unit or denomination of weight > unit of weight for precious stones carat1568 quilate1577 ct.1865 1568 W. Turner Herbal iii. 50 If one kirat of it be geven in wine, it maketh a man wonderfully dronken. ?1578 W. Patten Let. Entertainm. Killingwoorth 66 Az for the valu, yoor iewellers by their carrets let them cast & they can. 1588 T. Hickock in tr. C. Federici Voy. & Trauaile f. 14v (margin) These Perles are prised according to the caracts which they waye, euerye caract is foure graines. 1616 J. Bullokar Eng. Expositor Kirat, an Arabian word signifying the weight of three graines. 1667 E. King in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 2 429 A Diamond of 10 Carats. 1679 London Gaz. No. 1462/4 Lost..a parcel of Rough Diamonds..containing 38 Caracks 7/ 8. 1745 S. Madden Boulter's Monument 57 Augmenting Carracts vastly raise Th' advancing Value of the Diamond's Blaze. 1750 W. Beawes Lex Mercatoria (1752) 873 The Jewellers divide the Ounce into 152 Parts, or Carats, and these into Grains, whereof four make a Carat. 1868 E. Seyd Bullion 146 Six carats are equal to 19 grains Troy weight. 1875 W. S. Jevons Money (1878) 36 A one carat diamond. 1887 Whitaker's Almanack 362 The jewellery ounce is divided into 151½ carats and 600 pearl-grains. 3. a. A proportional measure of one twenty-fourth used in stating the fineness of gold; e.g. if the mass contain 22 parts of pure gold and 2 of alloy, it is said to be 22 carats fine, or gold of 22 carats. Also attributive with numeral, as 22-carat gold. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > metal > precious metal > [noun] > gold > measure of fineness carat1555 quilate1577 karat1901 ct.1985 1555 R. Eden tr. G. F. de Oviedo y Valdés Summarie Gen. Hist. W. Indies in tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde f. 177 The golde..is..of .xxii. caractes or better in fynesse. 1575–6 Act 18 Eliz. xv No..Golde lesse in fynesse than that of xxij Carrottes. 1627 J. Donne Serm. Lady Danuers 109 All their clods of earth are gold, and all their gold of innumerable carats. 1677 W. Badcock Touch-stone Gold & Silver Wares 57 In his report of a Gold assay he [sc. the Assay-master] sets it down by Carracts and Carract-grains. 1722 London Gaz. No. 6059/2 The Gold..will be of the Standard of 22 Carrats. 1798 C. Hutton Course Math. I. 115 It is said to be 22 caracts fine. 1820 G. G. Carey Guide Publ. Funds 94 The whole weight of any piece of pure gold is supposed to be divided into twenty four parts, called carats. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > measurement > measurement by weighing > [noun] > unit or denomination of weight > specific troy units troy ounce1390 troy pound1390 unicorn1506 mast1545 carat1552 1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum at Scruple A certayne measuer called a charect, whereof thre make a dramme. 1558 W. Ward tr. G. Ruscelli Secretes Alexis of Piemount (1568) 49 a Take Damaskene Roses..an unce, Lignum Aloes, Galanga, Bengewyne, of eche of them a carette. 1656 T. Blount Glossographia Carat..is the third part of an ounce. 1667 E. Chamberlayne Angliæ Notitia: 1st Pt. (1684) i. 12 The pound weight or 12 Ounces Troy of Gold, is divided into 24 parts which are called carrats so that each carrat is 10 penny weight troy, or half an ounce. 1686 W. Harris tr. N. Lémery Course Chym. (ed. 2) i. i. 64 A Carat of Gold is properly the weight of one Scruple. 1755 Gentleman's Mag. Aug. 361/2 Weigh a small vial which holds about 4 ounces..fill it with water, and weigh that..1–128th of the whole..is called a caract. 1852 A. Ryland Assay of Gold & Silver 28 The ounce containing 24 carats. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > worth > [noun] worthOE worthfulnessOE price?c1225 savour?c1225 aughtshipc1275 dearworthinessc1325 worthiness1372 preciousnessc1390 richesa1400 preciosity1402 valeur1433 valurec1440 preciousheadc1450 vail1471 paragea1475 valour?a1475 availa1522 vailance1532 validity1593 carat1600 condignity1605 valiant1606 esteeming1609 self-worth1610 telling1636 valuableness?1649 worthship1664 treasurableness1898 1600 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 2 iv. iii. 290 Thou best of gold, art worse then gold, Other lesse fine, in karrat more precious. 1616 B. Jonson Every Man in his Humor (rev. ed.) iii. iii, in Wks. I. 35 No beautie, no; you are of too good caract, To be left so, without a guard. 1650 J. Howell tr. A. Giraffi Exact Hist. Late Revol. Naples 125 Authority doth commonly discompose the mind of man, specially one of a base carat. a1680 S. Butler Genuine Remains (1759) II. 14 Counterfeit Jewels of any Caract. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < |
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