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Poundal

A unit of force based upon the pound foot and second being the force which acting on a pound avoirdupois for one second causes it to

Poundage

A sum deducted from a pound or a certain sum paid for each pound a commission

Pood

A Russian weight equal to forty Russian pounds or about thirty six English pounds avoirdupois

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Penny

Denoting the weight in pounds for one thousand used in combination with respect to nails as tenpenny nails nails of which one thousand

Dynam

A unit of measure for dynamical effect or work a foot pound See Foot pound

Grain

a cubic inch of distilled water at a temperature of 62' F. A grain is 1/5760th of the pound Troy and 1/7000th of the pound avoirdupois. A metric gram equals 15.432356 grains. A milligram is .015 grains.

Batman

weight used in the East varying according to the locality in Turkey the greater batman is about 157 pounds the lesser only a fourth of this at Aleppo and Smyrna the batman is 17 pounds

Clough

Clough, a valley.-Domesday. Also an allowance of two pounds in every hundred-weight for the turn of the scale, on buying goods wholesale by weight, Lex Mercat. See

Capitation fee

receives it; as where a schoolmaster, in addition to his salary, or instead of it, is paid one pound per annum for each boy in the school. 'Capitation fee' means charging or collecting amount beyond what is

Carrier

of the loss of certain specified articles, e.g., jewellery, pictures, plate, and silks, exceeding the value of ten pounds (excepting loss by the felony of the carrier's servants or his own personal default), unless the party delivering

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