pound (apothecary or troy

pound (apothecary or troy
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  • Apothecary — A*poth e*ca*ry, n.; pl. {Apothecaries}. [OE. apotecarie, fr. LL. apothecarius, fr. L. apotheca storehouse, Gr. apo, fr. ? to put away; ? from + ? to put: cf. F. apothicaire, OF. apotecaire. See {Thesis}.] One who prepares and sells drugs or… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • apothecary weights —    a version of the troy weight system formerly used by apothecaries (pharmacists). The troy pound, equal to 373.242 grams or 13.165 72 avoirdupois ounces, is always divided into 12 ounces, each ounce being equal to 480 grains. In the apothecary… …   Dictionary of units of measurement

  • troy ounce — noun a unit of apothecary weight equal to 480 grains or one twelfth of a pound • Syn: ↑ounce, ↑apothecaries ounce • Hypernyms: ↑apothecaries unit, ↑apothecaries weight, ↑troy unit • Part Holonyms: ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • troy pound — noun an apothecary weight equal to 12 ounces or 373.242 grams • Syn: ↑apothecaries pound • Hypernyms: ↑apothecaries unit, ↑apothecaries weight, ↑troy unit • Part Meronyms: ↑ounce, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • apothecaries' pound — noun an apothecary weight equal to 12 ounces or 373.242 grams • Syn: ↑troy pound • Hypernyms: ↑apothecaries unit, ↑apothecaries weight, ↑troy unit • Part Meronyms: ↑ounce, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • English unit — is the American name for a unit in one of a number of systems of units of measurement, some obsolete, and some still in use in present day USA, the UK, and elsewhere. The modern United States customary units system as a whole is not, and has… …   Wikipedia

  • United States customary units — A table of weights from the secretaries of states, showing the number of pounds that their laws recognize as a bushel of different commodities. c. 1854 United States customary units are a system of measurements commonly used in the United… …   Wikipedia

  • Ounce — This article is about the unit of mass. For the unit of force, see Pound force. For the unit of volume, see Fluid ounce. For all other uses, see Ounce (disambiguation). The ounce (abbreviated: oz, the old Italian word onza, now spelled oncia;… …   Wikipedia

  • Libra (unidad de masa) — Contenido 1 Historia 2 Libras en uso 3 Libras obsoletas 4 Semejanzas entre libras troy y libras …   Wikipedia Español

  • Comparison of the imperial and US customary measurement systems — Both the imperial and United States customary systems of measurement derive from earlier English systems used in the Middle Ages, that were the result of a combination of the local Anglo Saxon units inherited from German tribes and roman units… …   Wikipedia

  • apothecaries' ounce — noun a unit of apothecary weight equal to 480 grains or one twelfth of a pound • Syn: ↑ounce, ↑troy ounce • Hypernyms: ↑apothecaries unit, ↑apothecaries weight, ↑troy unit • Part Holonyms: ↑ …   Useful english dictionary


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