| 单词 |
poiser |
| 释义 |
poiser|ˈpɔɪzə(r)|
Forms: 5 poisour, poysour, 7 poyser, 9 poiser.
[In sense 1, a. AF. poisour = OF. peseor, peseur, agent-n. f. peser to weigh; in other senses f. poise v. + -er1.]
†1. One who weighs; spec. an officer appointed to weigh goods (cf. peiser 2). Obs.
1422in Proc. Privy Council (1834) III. 17 Þe revenues..ben gretly encresede or anientischede by coustumers countrollers poisours serchers and alle suche oþere officers. 1453Rolls of Parlt. V. 268/2 No Sercheour, Gaugeour of Wyn,..Poysour, Collectour of Custims. 1656Earl of Monmouth tr. Boccalini, Pol. Touchstone (1674) 267 [These] might be weighed severally apart..if the poyser were able to do it.
2. That which poises or balances; an organ used for balancing; spec. in Entom., each of the pair of appendages which replace the hind wings in dipterous insects: see balancer 4, halteres 2.
1805P. Wakefield Dom. Recreat. i. (1806) 10 Two little balls, or poisers, united to the body under the hinder part of each wing. 1852T. W. Harris Insects New Eng. 501 Some of these insects have wings; but others have neither wings nor poisers. 1883H. Lee in Knowledge 15 June 360/1 The flippers or ‘paddles’ [of the dolphin]..are only used as rudders and poisers.
3. One who holds something poised or balanced.
1884H. C. Bunner in Harper's Mag. Jan. 304/2 These poisers of the airy racket. |
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