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Pennyweight

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 of a silver penny, whence the name.

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Grain 70% connected

See Groan.

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Ounce 70% connected

A weight, the sixteenth part of a pound avoirdupois, and containing 437/ grains.

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Argentous adjective · 78% connection

Of, pertaining to, or containing, silver; -- said of certain silver compounds in which silver has a higher proportion than in argentic…

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Arsenic noun · 78% connection

One of the elements, a solid substance resembling a metal in its physical properties, but in its chemical relations ranking with the n…

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Arsenicate verb · 78% connection

To combine with arsenic; to treat or impregnate with arsenic.

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As adv. & conj. · 78% connection

Denoting equality or likeness in kind, degree, or manner; like; similar to; in the same manner with or in which; in accordance with; i…

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Carolus noun · 78% connection

An English gold coin of the value of twenty or twenty-three shillings. It was first struck in the reign of Charles I.

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Countermark noun · 78% connection

A mark or token added to those already existing, in order to afford security or proof; as, an additional or special mark put upon a pa…

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Dollar noun · 78% connection

A silver coin of the United States containing 371.25 grains of silver and 41.25 grains of alloy, that is, having a total weight of 412…

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Dram noun · 78% connection

A weight; in Apothecaries' weight, one eighth part of an ounce, or sixty grains; in Avoirdupois weight, one sixteenth part of an ounce…

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Filigree noun · 78% connection

Ornamental work, formerly with grains or breads, but now composed of fine wire and used chiefly in decorating gold and silver to which…

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Last 3d pers. sing. pres. · 78% connection

of Last, to endure, contracted from lasteth.

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liad noun · 78% connection

A celebrated Greek epic poem, in twenty-four books, on the destruction of Ilium, the ancient Troy. The Iliad is ascribed to Homer.

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Maneh noun · 78% connection

A Hebrew weight for gold or silver, being one hundred shekels of gold and sixty shekels of silver.

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Millennium noun · 78% connection

A thousand years; especially, the thousand years mentioned in the twentieth chapter in the twentieth chapter of Revelation, during whi…

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Nickel noun · 78% connection

A bright silver-white metallic element. It is of the iron group, and is hard, malleable, and ductile. It occurs combined with sulphur…

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Obole noun · 78% connection

A weight of twelve grains; or, according to some, of ten grains, or half a scruple.

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Palladium noun · 78% connection

Any statue of the goddess Pallas; esp., the famous statue on the preservation of which depended the safety of ancient Troy.

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Polybasite noun · 78% connection

An iron-black ore of silver, consisting of silver, sulphur, and antimony, with some copper and arsenic.

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Proustite noun · 78% connection

A sulphide of arsenic and silver of a beautiful cochineal-red color, occurring in rhombohedral crystals, and also massive; ruby silver.

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