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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Triphthongal :: Triphthongal (a.) Of or pertaining to a triphthong; consisting of three vowel sounds pronounced together in a single syllable.
Announced :: Announced (imp. & p. p.) of Announc.
Apostatize :: Apostatize (v. i.) To renounce totally a religious belief once professed; to forsake one's church, the faith or principles once held, or the party to which one has previously adhered..
Pronouncement :: Pronouncement (n.) The act of pronouncing; a declaration; a formal announcement.
As :: As (n.) A Roman weight, answering to the libra or pound, equal to nearly eleven ounces Troy weight. It was divided into twelve ounces..
Hard :: Hard (superl.) Abrupt or explosive in utterance; not aspirated, sibilated, or pronounced with a gradual change of the organs from one position to another; -- said of certain consonants, as c in came, and g in go, as distinguished from the same letters in center, general, etc..
Proscriber :: Proscriber (n.) One who, or that which, proscribes, denounces, or prohibits..
Trumpeter :: Trumpeter (n.) One who proclaims, publishes, or denounces..
Tael :: Tael (n.) A denomination of money, in China, worth nearly six shillings sterling, or about a dollar and forty cents; also, a weight of one ounce and a third..
Ounce :: Ounce (n.) Fig.: A small portion; a bit.
Suit :: Suit (n.) That which follows as a retinue; a company of attendants or followers; the assembly of persons who attend upon a prince, magistrate, or other person of distinction; -- often written suite, and pronounced sw/t..
Advertise :: Advertise (v. t.) To give public notice of; to announce publicly, esp. by a printed notice; as, to advertise goods for sale, a lost article, the sailing day of a vessel, a political meeting..
Dieresis :: Dieresis (n.) A mark consisting of two dots [/], placed over the second of two adjacent vowels, to denote that they are to be pronounced as distinct letters; as, cooperate, aerial..
Bounce :: Bounce (v. i.) To strike or thump, so as to rebound, or to make a sudden noise; a knock loudly..
Pennyweight :: Pennyweight (n.) A troy weight containing twenty-four grains, or the twentieth part of an ounce; as, a pennyweight of gold or of arsenic. It was anciently the weight of a silver penny, whence the name..
Mino Bird :: Mino bird () An Asiatic bird (Gracula musica), allied to the starlings. It is black, with a white spot on the wings, and a pair of flat yellow wattles on the head. It is often tamed and taught to pronounce words..
Troyounce :: Troyounce (n.) See Troy ounce, under Troy weight, above, and under Ounce..
Equalize :: Equalize (v. t.) To pronounce equal; to compare as equal.
Trounced :: Trounced (imp. & p. p.) of Trounc.
Bouncer :: Bouncer (n.) One who bounces; a large, heavy person who makes much noise in moving..
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