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ounce1 /owns/ noun- 1/16 of a pound avoirdupois
- Orig 1/12 of the (legally obsolete) pound troy = 480 grains
- A minute quantity
ORIGIN: OFr unce, from L uncia the twelfth part; cf inch1 fluid ounce - The volume of an avoirdupois ounce of distilled water at 62º Fahrenheit, 0.0284 litre (1/20 pint)
- 0.0295 litre (1/16 US pint)
ounce2 /owns/ noun- Formerly a lynx
- Now generally the snow leopard, a big cat of Asia with markings similar to a leopard's
- The jaguar
- The cheetah
- Sometimes vaguely any moderate-sized wild beast of the cat tribe
ORIGIN: Fr once, perh for lonce (as if l'once), from Gr lynx |