Lexicographical Neighbors of Bismar
Literary usage of Bismar
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Past in the Present: What is Civilization? by Sir Arthur Mitchell (1881)
"Shetland bismar ; M inches long. 6 difference, that it has a fixed weight and
... Shetland bismar. The Shetland bismar is made of wood, and is clumsy and ..."
2. The Orkneys and Shetland: Their Past and Present State by John R. Tudor (1883)
"The bismar again was much smaller, and used for weighing the butter, and other
articles requiring more accurate measurement.1 According to ..."
3. A Dictionary of Weights and Measures for the British Isles: The Middle Ages by Ronald Edward Zupko (1985)
"Stat. 465: The Binne of skinnes consisteth of 33. skins. 1665 Sheppard 57: But
the Binne of Skins doth consist of 33 skins. bismar—7-9 bismar (OED); ..."
4. Annals of a Shetland Parish: Delting by P. W. Greig (1892)
"The " bismar" was the recognised official weighing machine in those days. ...
there have his bismar tested and stamped with the official seal of the Thing. ..."
5. An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language: To which is Prefixed, a by John Jamieson (1880)
"The bismar is a smaller weight,—used for weighing batter, and other things of
lees bulk." P. Сток, ibid, p. 477. It has been observed, то. ..."
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