† ounce stonen. [ < ouncen.2 + stonen., after classical Latin lyncūriumlyncuryn.] Obsoleterare a precious stone mentioned by Pliny, now understood to have been amber; cf. liguren.
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1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. 609 That the Once stone or Lyncurium is of the same colour that Ambre ardent which resembleth the fire.