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Troy weight
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Pennyweight
A troy weight containing twenty four grains or the twentieth part of a troy ounce 1555 grams as a pennyweight of
Avoirdupois, Avoirs-de-pois, or Aver-du-pois
Aver-du-pois [O. fr.] (to have weight), a method of weighing goods, allowing 16 ounces to the pound, whilst Troy weight allows but 12. See Weights and Measures Act, 1878 (41 & 42 Vict. c. 49); and TROY.
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Grain
Grain, the twenty-fourth part of a penny-weight according to Troy weight. A grain is 1/252326th of the weight of a cubic inch of distilled water at a temperature of
Weights and measures
of merchandise to a certainty, that there may be the less room for deceit and imposition. See AVOIRDUPOIS; TROY WEIGHT; and METRIC SYSTEM. The adjustment of weights and measures is a prerogative of the Crown, and has from
Pound
Pound [fr. pund, Sax.; pondo, Lat.], a certain weight, consisting in troy weight of 12, in avoirdupois of 16 ounces; the sum of 20s, said to be so called because in
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