different between stilliard vs steelyard

stilliard

English

Etymology

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Compare halliard/halyard.

Noun

stilliard (plural stilliards)

  1. Alternative form of steelyard (portable scale)

stilliard From the web:



steelyard

English

Alternative forms

  • stilliard, stilyard

Etymology

steel +? yard (enclosed area, rod).

The sense of “place” is a calque of Dutch staalhof or Middle Low German Stalhof (Modern Dutch staal (steel) + hof (court, yard)).

The sense of “balance” is presumably from the sense of “place”, originally “steelyard beam”, mixed with additional sense of “rod” (hence “rod for weighing steel”), replacing earlier Latin statera.

Noun

steelyard (plural steelyards)

  1. A transportable balance with unequal arm lengths.
  2. A place where steel (and possibly other metals as well) is stored and sold.

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