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stone-weight
(Now usually as two words.)
A measure of weight: = stone n. 14. Also, a piece of metal of this weight, used in weighing, or as a standard.
a1400[see stone n. 14 a]. 1552Extracts Rec. Convent. Burghs Scot. (1870) I. 2 The stane wecht of Lanark. 1628in Maitl. Club Misc. III. 369 For bringing from Edinburgh to Stirling xiij stane wecht of Calk oyle and Culloures. 1658W. Gurnall Chr. in Arm. ii. 33 If a pound weighs down the scale, there is no doubt then but a stone weight will do it. 1835Act 5 & 6 Will. IV, c. 63 §11 By local Customs..the Denomination of the Stone Weight varies. |