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21ounce — ounce1 /owns/, n. 1. a unit of weight equal to 437.5 grains or 1/16 pound (28.349 grams) avoirdupois. 2. a unit of 480 grains, 1/12 pound (31.103 grams) troy or apothecaries weight. 3. a fluid ounce. 4. a small quantity or portion. [1350 1400; ME …
22inch — inch1 /inch/, n. 1. a unit of length, 1/12 foot, equivalent to 2.54 centimeters. 2. a very small amount of anything; narrow margin: to win by an inch; to avert disaster by an inch. 3. by inches, a. narrowly; by a narrow margin: escaped by inches …
23Uncia (coin) — Issued in Rome between 275–270BCE The uncia (Latin, twelfth part ) was a Roman unit of length (equivalent to an inch, one twelfth of a pes or foot) and of weight (equivalent to an ounce, one twelfth of a libra or pound). Contents …
24Ounce — A measure of weight equal to 1/16th of a pound or, metrically, 28.35 grams. The abbreviation for ounce is oz. (An ounce of prevention is reputedly worth a pound of cure.) * * * A weight containing 480 g, or 112 pound troy and apothecaries weight …
25inch — {{11}}inch (n.1) linear measure, one twelfth of a foot, late O.E. ynce, M.E. unche (current spelling c.1300), from L. uncia a twelfth part, from root of unus one (see ONE (Cf. one)). An early borrowing from Latin, not found in any other Germanic… …
26ounce — {{11}}ounce (1) unit of weight, early 14c., from O.Fr. unce (12c.), from L. uncia one twelfth part (of a pound, foot, etc.), from L. unus one (see ONE (Cf. one)). The Latin word had been adopted in Old English as ynce (see INCH (Cf. inch)). It… …
27inch — inch1 noun 1》 a unit of linear measure equal to one twelfth of a foot (2.54 cm). ↘(inches) informal a person s height or waist measurement. ↘a very small amount or distance. 2》 a quantity of rainfall that would cover a horizontal surface… …
28ounce — ounce1 noun 1》 (abbrev.: oz) a unit of weight of one sixteenth of a pound avoirdupois (approximately 28 grams). ↘a unit of one twelfth of a pound troy or apothecaries measure, equal to 480 grains (approximately 31 grams). 2》 a very small… …
29inch — ► NOUN 1) a unit of linear measure equal to one twelfth of a foot (2.54 cm). 2) a quantity of rainfall that would cover a horizontal surface to a depth of one inch. 3) a very small amount or distance: don t yield an inch. ► VERB ▪ move along… …
30ounce — ► NOUN 1) a unit of weight of one sixteenth of a pound avoirdupois (approximately 28 grams). 2) a unit of one twelfth of a pound troy or apothecaries measure, equal to 480 grains (approximately 31 grams). 3) a very small amount. ORIGIN Latin… …
