A measure of weight, usually equal to 14 pounds avoirdupois (1/8 of a hundredweight, or half a ‘quarter’), but varying with different commodities…
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| 释义 | the world > relative properties > measurement > measurement by weighing > [noun] > unit or denomination of weight > stone (fourteen pounds) (4) stone139. A measure of weight, usually equal to 14 pounds avoirdupois (1/8 of a hundredweight, or half a ‘quarter’), but varying with different commodities… stone-weighta1400 A measure of weight: = stone, n. 14. Also, a piece of metal of this weight, used in weighing, or as a standard. Subcategories:— in specific system (1) — twelve stones (1) |
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