Definition of ounce

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Ounce (n.) A weight, the sixteenth part of a pound avoirdupois, and containing 437/ grains..

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Stoop :: Stoop (v. i.) To come down as a hawk does on its prey; to pounce; to souse; to swoop.
Bounce :: Bounce (n.) Bluster; brag; untruthful boasting; audacious exaggeration; an impudent lie; a bouncer.
Relinquish :: Relinquish (v. t.) To give up; to renounce a claim to; resign; as, to relinquish a debt..
Repudiate :: Repudiate (v. t.) To cast off; to disavow; to have nothing to do with; to renounce; to reject.
Ana :: Ana (adv.) Of each; an equal quantity; as, wine and honey, ana (or, contracted, aa), / ij., that is, of wine and honey, each, two ounces..
Furbelow :: Furbelow (n.) A plaited or gathered flounce on a woman's garment.
Exsufflate :: Exsufflate (v. t.) To exorcise or renounce by blowing.
Frounce :: Frounce (v. i.) To gather into or adorn with plaits, as a dress; to form wrinkles in or upon; to curl or frizzle, as the hair..
Denunciator :: Denunciator (n.) One who denounces, publishes, or proclaims, especially intended or coming evil; one who threatens or accuses..
Fling :: Fling (n.) A cast from the hand; a throw; also, a flounce; a kick; as, the fling of a horse..
Bounce :: Bounce (v. i.) To leap or spring suddenly or unceremoniously; to bound; as, she bounced into the room..
Absolve :: Absolve (v. t.) To set free, or release, as from some obligation, debt, or responsibility, or from the consequences of guilt or such ties as it would be sin or guilt to violate; to pronounce free; as, to absolve a subject from his allegiance; to absolve an offender, which amounts to an acquittal and remission of his punishment..
Pronunciamento :: Pronunciamento (n.) A proclamation or manifesto; a formal announcement or declaration.
Sequester :: Sequester (v. i.) To renounce (as a widow may) any concern with the estate of her husband.
Jounced :: Jounced (imp. & p. p.) of Jounc.
Utter :: Utter (a.) To give public expression to; to disclose; to publish; to speak; to pronounce.
Slur :: Slur (v. t.) To pronounce indistinctly; as, to slur syllables..
As :: As (n.) A Roman copper coin, originally of a pound weight (12 oz.); but reduced, after the first Punic war, to two ounces; in the second Punic war, to one ounce; and afterwards to half an ounce..
Abjure :: Abjure (v. t.) To renounce or reject with solemnity; to recant; to abandon forever; to reject; repudiate; as, to abjure errors..
Engine :: Engine (v. t.) (Pronounced, in this sense, /////.) To rack; to torture..
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