What does "peise" mean?
Peise: A weight; a poise. [Obs.] "To weigh pence with a peise." Piers Plowman.
Additional senses
- 2.To poise or weight. [Obs.] Chaucer. Lest leaden slumber peise me down. Shak.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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