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ounce

(n): a unit of apothecary weight equal to 480 grains or one twelfth of a pound
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1 day ago VanishedOne said:

The OED marks its general 'medium-sized member of the cat family' definition as archaic, but not the specific definition 'the snow leopard, Panthera uncia'.

Apparently this sense of 'ounce' appears in ounce stone, which is 'a precious stone mentioned by Pliny, now understood to have been amber'.

5 days ago chained_bear said:

See the last two WeirdNet definitions. I had no idea this word described a type of wild cat.

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