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Ounce
A weight, the sixteenth part of a pound avoirdupois, and containing 437/ grains.
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An animal of various species of the genera Felis and Lynx. The domestic cat is Felis domestica. The European wild cat (Felis catus) is much larger th…
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A drachma.
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A silver coin among the ancient Greeks, having a different value in different States and at different periods. The average value of the Attic drachma…
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A weight; in Apothecaries' weight, one eighth part of an ounce, or sixty grains; in Avoirdupois weight, one sixteenth part of an ounce, or 27.34375 g…
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A troy weight containing twenty-four grains, or the twentieth part of an ounce; as, a pennyweight of gold or of arsenic. It was anciently the weight…
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To strike repeatedly with some heavy instrument; to beat.
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