troyounce

2 definitions found

troyounce - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Ounce \Ounce\ (ouns), n. [F. once, fr. L. uncia a twelfth, the
     twelfth part of a pound or of a foot: cf. Gr. 'o`gkos bulk,
     mass, atom. Cf. 2d Inch, Oke.]
     1. A unit of mass or weight, the sixteenth part of a pound
        avoirdupois, and containing 28.35 grams or 4371/2 grains.
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     2. (Troy Weight) The twelfth part of a troy pound; one troy
        ounce weighs 31.103486 grams, 8 drams, or 480 grains.
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     Note: The troy ounce contains twenty pennyweights, each of
           twenty-four grains, or, in all, 480 grains, and is the
           twelfth part of the troy pound. The troy ounce is also
           a weight in apothecaries' weight. [Troy ounce is
           sometimes written as one word, troyounce.]
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     3. Fig.: A small portion; a bit. [Obs.]
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              By ounces hung his locks that he had. --Chaucer.
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     Fluid ounce. See under Fluid, n.
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  Troyounce \Troy"ounce\, n.
     See Troy ounce, under Troy weight, above, and under
     Ounce.
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