witherweight

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A counterbalancing weight; counterweight. Scotland,UK,archaic,dialectal
    — It is good to have a speciall care that gifts come not in the ballance with grace; for that is too gross a wither-weight. Lay by the painted case when you weigh the jewell; […]

词形变化

witherweights plural wither weight alternative wother weight alternative widder wecht alternative wodderweght alternative

词源

From wither- (“counter-”) + weight. Compare Middle English witherweȝen (“to counter-weight, counter-balance”).
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