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noun
The official system of weights used in the UK between 1856 and 1963. It had been the customary system in London since 1300.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical, uncountable, usually
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noun
The official system of weights used in the USA between 1866 and 1959.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical, uncountable, usually
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noun
Weight; heaviness.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: humorous, uncountable, usually
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noun
Merchandise.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete, uncountable, usually
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noun
excess bodily weight
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: fatness, fat, blubber
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: bodily property
Narrower terms: adiposity, adiposeness, fattiness, abdominousness, paunchiness, greasiness, oiliness, oleaginousness, fleshiness, obesity, corpulency, steatopygia
noun
a system of weights based on the 16-ounce pound (or 7,000 grains)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: avoirdupois weight
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: system of weights, weight
History
From Middle English avoir de pois, aver de peis, haburdy poyse, haburdepays, haburdepeyse, from Old French aveir + de + peis (“asset of weight”), influenced by Middle French avoir + du + pois; compare French poids (“weight”).
