Middle English Dictionary Entry
peson n.
Entry Info
| Forms | peson n. |
| Etymology | OF |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
A kind of balance or scale.
Associated quotations
- (1459) Invent.Fastolf(1) in Paston Letters (Add Charter 17247:Gairdner)3.173 : In primis, a peson of gold, it fayleth v balles, weiyng xxiij unces gold.
- (1462) Paston (EETS)1.107 : A cuppe and a peson of gold weyng xlvj vnc.