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Acidimetry :: Acidimetry (n.) The measurement of the strength of acids, especially by a chemical process based on the law of chemical combinations, or the fact that, to produce a complete reaction, a certain definite weight of reagent is required..

Tical :: Tical (n.) A bean-shaped coin of Siam, worth about sixty cents; also, a weight equal to 236 grains troy..

Sway :: Sway (n.) Influence, weight, or authority that inclines to one side; as, the sway of desires..

Rhodium :: Rhodium (n.) A rare element of the light platinum group. It is found in platinum ores, and obtained free as a white inert metal which it is very difficult to fuse. Symbol Rh. Atomic weight 104.1. Specific gravity 12..

Incumbency :: Incumbency (n.) That which is physically incumbent; that which lies as a burden; a weight.

Standage :: Stand (v. i.) A weight of from two hundred and fifty to three hundred pounds, -- used in weighing pitch..

Counterpoise :: Counterpoise (v. t.) To act against with equal weight; to equal in weight; to balance the weight of; to counterbalance.

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..

Karob :: Karob (n.) The twenty-fourth part of a grain; -- a weight used by goldsmiths.

Ponderable :: Ponderable (a.) Capable of being weighed; having appreciable weight.

Last :: Last (n.) A load; a heavy burden; hence, a certain weight or measure, generally estimated at 4,000 lbs., but varying for different articles and in different countries. In England, a last of codfish, white herrings, meal, or ashes, is twelve barrels; a last of corn, ten quarters, or eighty bushels, in some parts of England, twenty-one quarters; of gunpowder, twenty-four barrels, each containing 100 lbs; of red herrings, twenty cades, or 20,000; of hides, twelve dozen; of leather, twenty dickers;

Praseodymium :: Praseodymium (n.) An elementary substance, one of the constituents of didymium; -- so called from the green color of its salts. Symbol Ps. Atomic weight 143.6..

Peise :: Peise (v. t.) To poise or weight.

Obole :: Obole (n.) A weight of twelve grains; or, according to some, of ten grains, or half a scruple..

Net :: Net (a.) Not including superfluous, incidental, or foreign matter, as boxes, coverings, wraps, etc.; free from charges, deductions, etc; as, net profit; net income; net weight, etc..

Weight :: Weight (v. t.) Hence, pressure; burden; as, the weight of care or business..

Handicap :: Handicap (n.) A race, for horses or men, or any contest of agility, strength, or skill, in which there is an allowance of time, distance, weight, or other advantage, to equalize the chances of the competitors..

Prizing :: Prizing (n.) The application of a lever to move any weighty body, as a cask, anchor, cannon, car, etc. See Prize, n., 5..

Plaice :: Plaice (n.) A European food fish (Pleuronectes platessa), allied to the flounder, and growing to the weight of eight or ten pounds or more..

Curling :: Curling (n.) A scottish game in which heavy weights of stone or iron are propelled by hand over the ice towards a mark.

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