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uncia
noun as in ounce
Strong match
Weak match
Example Sentences
The twelth part of an acre was called Uncia and half a foot, Semis, &c.
Another way is to take two unciae of ore, a semi-uncia of litharge, two drachmae of Venetian glass and a semi-uncia of saltpetre.
Lastly, if there is only pure silver, then as much as a third of a libra and a semi-uncia of copper granules are added.
Another cement is made of a bes of brick dust, a third of rock salt, an uncia of saltpetre, and half an uncia of refined salt.
Of each bes of silver one sicilicus is consumed, or occasionally when very impure, three drachmae or half an uncia.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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