uncia

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Another is made of half a libra of brick dust, a third of a libra of rock salt, an uncia and a half of vitriol, and one uncia of saltpetre.

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

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.

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

Dosis repetend. 3tiis. 4tis. vel 6tis. horis—Eodem modo sit haustus cum spirit. mindereri uncia dimidiâ.

From An Account of the Diseases which were most frequent in the British military hospitals in Germany by Monro, Donald

This is the Felis uncia, allied to the panther and the cheetah.

From Milton's Comus by Bell, William

The counters were made of various materials, ivory principally, “Adeo nulla uncia nobis est eboris, etc.”

From The Earliest Arithmetics in English by Steele, Robert