عاير المَكَايِيلَ
1.
, (S, Mgh, and K in article عور,) and المَوَازِينَ, (S, Mgh,) verbal noun عِيَارٌ; (S;) and عاورها, (S, K,) and عوّرها; (K;) signify the same, (S, K,) He measured, or compared, the measures of capacity, (Mgh, K,) and the instruments for weighing, one by, or with, another. (Mgh.) One should not say
عيّر. (S.) The saying اِسْتَعَارَ صَنَجَاتِهِ بِهَا
دَرَاهِمَ لِيُعَيِّرَ, meaning, [He borrowed pieces of money] that he might equalize [with them the weights of his balance], should be, correctly, لِيُعَايِرَ. (Mgh.) You say عَايَرْتُ المِكْيَالَ, and المِيزَانَ, verbal noun مُعَايَرَةٌ and عِيَارٌ, meaning I tried, or proved, the measure of capacity, and the instrument for weighing, [or gauged the former,] that I might know its correctness [or incorrectness]: this, says Az, is the correct form: one should not say
عَيَّرْتُ, except from العَارُ, according to the leading lexicologists and ISk says, عَايَرْتُ بَيْنَ
المِكْيَالَيْنِ signifies I tried, or proved, the two measure of capacity, that I might know their equality [or inequality]: you should not say المِيزَانَيْنِ
عَيَّرْتُ, (Msb.) [But in the TA, الميزان
عيّر and المكيال is mentioned without any remark of disapproval, with عاورهما and عايرهما.] You also say عاير بَيْنَهُمَا, verbal noun مُعَايَرَةٌ and عِيَارٌ, He measured, or compared, them two. each by, or with, the other, and examined what [difference] was between them. (K in article عور.)
2.
[Hence, عاير apparently signifies also He assayed gold &c.]
3.
See also 1, third sentence.