ppl. a. Obs. [UN-1 8 + PEISE v.] Not properly weighed or balanced; defective or excessive in weight.
1390. Gower, Conf., Prol. 64*. He that hath his word unpeysed.
1561. Norton & Sackv., Gorboduc, I. i. Porrex the younger so vnpaised in state, Perhappes in courage will be raised also.
1581. Studley, trans. Seneca, Herc. Œt., I. 191 b. And coulde I brooke it, Toxeus, to see thy death with woe? That wert vnwaynde in yeares, and eake in pits [? read pith; L. sanguine] vnpaysde.
1602. Marston, Ant. & Mel., II. iii. 1. Seize on reuenge, graspe the sterne bended front Of frowning vengeance, with vnpaized clutch.
