Roman ounce
now historical
noun
A Roman unit of weight equal to 1/12 of a libra or pound, reckoned to be close to one ounce avoirdupois (approx. 28.3 gm).
Origin
Mid 16th century; earliest use found in Thomas Cooper (c1517–1594), theologian and bishop of Winchester.
- green hellebore
- green heron
- greenhew
- greenhide
- greenhorn
- greenhornism
- greenhouse
- greenhouse effect
- greenhouse-friendly
- greenhouse gas
- greenhouse slug
- greenhouse warming
- greenhue
- Greenian
- greenie
- greening
- greening weed
- greenish
- greenishness
- Green Island
- Green Isle
- Green Jacket
- green jaundice
- green jersey
- greenkeeper