Hypertext Webster Gateway: "troyounce"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Ounce \Ounce\, n. [F. once, fr. L. uncia a twelfth, the twelfth
part of a pound or of a foot: cf. Gr. ? bulk, mass, atom. Cf.
2d {Inch}, {Oke}.]
1. A weight, the sixteenth part of a pound avoirdupois, and
containing 437? grains.
2. (Troy Weight) The twelfth part of a troy pound.
Note: The troy ounce contains twenty pennyweights, each of
twenty-four grains, or, in all, 480 grains, and is the
twelfth part of the troy pound. The troy ounce is also
a weight in apothecaries' weight. [Troy ounce is
sometimes written as one word, {troyounce}.]
3. Fig.: A small portion; a bit. [Obs.]
By ounces hung his locks that he had. --Chaucer.
{Fluid ounce}. See under {Fluid}, n.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Troyounce \Troy"ounce\, n.
See {Troy ounce}, under {Troy weight}, above, and under
{Ounce}.
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