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OUNCE

Volume 15 · 54 words · 1815 Edition

a weight, the 16th part of a pound avoirdupois, and the 12th part of a pound troy. The word is derived from the Latin, uncia, "the twelfth part of any whole," called or ; particularly in geometrical measures, an inch, or 1/12th part of a foot. See INCH and AS.

See FELIS, Mammalia Index.