uncia

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A centumpondium weighs 70.6 lbs. avoirdupois, an uncia 412.2 Troy grains, therefore, this value is equal to 72 ounces 18 pennyweights per short ton.

From De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 by Agricola, Georgius

One-half uncia of silver would be 12 ozs.

From De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 by Agricola, Georgius

If, however, the copper contains some lead, add one uncia of lead; if it contains iron, add two unciae.

From De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 by Agricola, Georgius

V. both readings, uncia or nucia are permissible, and make very little difference.

From Cookery and Dining in Imperial Rome by Vehling, Joseph Dommers

The Moslem system is evidently borrowed from the Roman "as" and "uncia."

From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 03 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir