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peise
/peɪz/
verb 3noun 2
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verb
1
To weigh or measure the weight of; to poise.
2
To weigh or take the measure of (an immaterial object).
3
To weigh down, retard
I speak too long; but 'tis to peise the time, To eke it, and to draw it out in length, […]
noun
1
A weight; a poise.
To weigh pence with a peise.
2
A heavy blow, an impact.
Great Ptolomæe it for his lemans sake / Ybuilded all of glasse, by Magicke powre, / And also it impregnable did make; / Yet when his loue was false, he with a peaze it brake.
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I speak too long; but 'tis to peise the time, To eke it, and to draw it out in length, […]
Wiktionary02
To weigh pence with a peise.
Wiktionary03
Great Ptolomæe it for his lemans sake / Ybuilded all of glasse, by Magicke powre, / And also it impregnable did make; / Yet when his loue was false, he with a peaze it brake.
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