avoirdupois : Idioms & Phrases

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avoirdupois unit

  • noun any of the units of the avoirdupois system of weights
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Avoirdupois weight

  • noun a system of weights based on the 16-ounce pound (or 7,000 grains)
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WordNet
  • a system of weights by which coarser commodities are weighed, such as hay, grain, butter, sugar, tea.
Webster 1913