OUNCE
\ˈa͡ʊns], \ˈaʊns], \ˈaʊ_n_s]\
Definitions of OUNCE
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- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1920 - A practical medical 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
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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a unit of apothecary weight equal to 480 grains or one twelfth of a pound
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large feline of upland central Asia having long thick whitish fur
By Princeton University
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a unit of apothecary weight equal to 480 grains or one twelfth of a pound
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large feline of upland central Asia having long thick whitish fur
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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The twelfth part of a troy pound.
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Fig.: A small portion; a bit.
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A feline quadruped (Felis irbis, / uncia) resembling the leopard in size, and somewhat in color, but it has longer and thicker fur, which forms a short mane on the back. The ounce is pale yellowish gray, with irregular dark spots on the neck and limbs, and dark rings on the body. It inhabits the lofty mountain ranges of Asia. Called also once.
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A weight, the sixteenth part of a pound avoirdupois, and containing 437 grains.
By Oddity Software
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The twelfth part of a troy pound.
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Fig.: A small portion; a bit.
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A weight, the sixteenth part of a pound avoirdupois, and containing 437 grains.
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A feline quadruped (Felis irbis, uncia) resembling the leopard in size, and somewhat in color, but it has longer and thicker fur, which forms a short mane on the back.
By Noah Webster.
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A weight of one-sixteenth of a pound avoirdupois; onetwelfth of a pound troy; an Asiatic animal like the leopard.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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A weight, abbreviation oz., sign 3, containing 480 grains, or 1/12 pound troy and apothecaries' weight, or 437 1/2 grains, 1/16 pound avoirdupois; the ounce of the U.S.P. contains eight drams, and is equivalent to 31.10349 grams.
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop
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The twelfth part of a pound troy-480 grains: 1/10 a pound avoirdupois-487 1/2 troy grains.
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A feline carnivorous animal of Asia, allied to the leopard.
By Daniel Lyons
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The one-sixteenth of a pound avoirdupois; the one-twelfth of a pound troy; wild animal of the cat kind.
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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A unit of weight; 1/16 of a pound avoirdupois, 1/12 of a pound Troy.
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One - sixteenth of a pint.
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A feline carnivorous mammal.
By James Champlin Fernald
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A weight, the twelfth part of a pound troy, and the sixteenth of a pound avoirdupois.
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An animal of the genus felis.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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A weight, 1-12th of a lb. troy; 1-16th of a lb. avoirdupois.
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A carnivorous animal resembling the leopard, but having a thicker fur, irregular faint spots, and a longer tail-a native of India and Persia.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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A weight equal to the 16th part of a pound avoirdupois, the 12th of a pound troy. It is composed of 8 drachins. See Weights and Measures.
By Robley Dunglison
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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A weight equal to one-sixteenth of a pound avoirdupois, 437.5 grains, or one-twelfth of a pound troy, 480 grains.
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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n. [Latin] A weight, the twelfth part of a pound troy, and the sixteenth of a pound avoirdupois. A carnivorous animal resembling the leopard, but having a thicker fur, irregular faint spots, and a longer tail. It is a native of Northern India and Persia.
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