AVOIRDUPOIS
\ɐvwˈɑːdjuːpwˌɑː], \ɐvwˈɑːdjuːpwˌɑː], \ɐ_v_w_ˈɑː_d_j_uː_p_w_ˌɑː]\
Definitions of AVOIRDUPOIS
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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a system of weights based on the 16-ounce pound (or 7,000 grains)
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excess bodily weight; "she found fatness disgusting in herself as well as in others"
By Princeton University
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a system of weights based on the 16-ounce pound (or 7,000 grains)
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excess bodily weight; "she found fatness disgusting in herself as well as in others"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
By Oddity Software
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By William R. Warner
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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The standard system of weights used in Great Britain and the United States for all goods except precious stones and precious metals and medicines. See table of weights and measures in appendix. [Old Fr.]
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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