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ˈpound-ˈweight, n. (a.)
[f. pound n.1 + weight n.]
A weight of one pound; spec. a piece of metal of the weight of a pound avoirdupois, and stamped to that effect, used in weighing.
1538Elyot Dict., As, assis, a pounde weyghte. Ibid., Libralis, a pounde weight. 1617Moryson Itin. i. 282 The pound weight English, being twelve ounces Troy, doth over⁓poix the pound weight of Scotland foure penny weight and nine graines English. 1706Phillips, A Pound-Weight of Silver-Bullion is worth 3 Pounds Sterling. 1765Blackstone Comm. I. vii. 274 No man can, by words only, give another an adequate idea of a foot rule, or a pound weight.
b. as adj. Of equal or exact weight.
1642R. Carpenter Experience iv. i. 125 Truly if my power had been pound-waight with my will. |