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Ounce
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- 1 An avoirdupois ounce, weighing ¹⁄₁₆ of an avoirdupois pound, or 28.349523125 grams.
- 2 A large wild feline, such as a lynx or cougar. archaic
"The Ounce or the vvilde Cat, is as big as a mungrell dog, this creature is by nature feirce, and more dangerous to bee met vvithall than any other creature, not fearing eyther dogge or man; […]"
- 3 large feline of upland central Asia having long thick whitish fur wordnet
- 4 A troy ounce, weighing ¹⁄₁₂ of a troy pound, or 480 grains, or 31.1034768 grams.
- 5 Synonym of snow leopard, Panthera uncia.
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- 6 a unit of weight equal to one sixteenth of a pound or 16 drams or 28.349 grams wordnet
- 7 A US fluid ounce, with a volume of ¹⁄₁₆ of a US pint, 1.804688 cubic inches or 29.5735295625 millilitres.
- 8 Synonym of onza, a particularly aggressive cougar or jaguarundi in Mexican folklore.
"The ounce, a leopard-like creature, is dreaded for its depredations by the Indians of Brazil."
- 9 a unit of apothecary weight equal to 480 grains or one twelfth of a troy pound wordnet
- 10 A British imperial fluid ounce, with a volume of ¹⁄₂₀ of an imperial pint, 1.733871 cubic inches or 28.4130625 millilitres.
- 11 Any small amount, a little bit. figuratively
"He didn't feel even an ounce of regret for his actions."
Etymology
From Middle English ounce, unce, from Middle French once, from Latin uncia (“Roman ounce, various similar units”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *óynos (“one”). Doublet of a, one, inch, uncia, onça, onza, oka, ouguiya, and awqiyyah.
From Middle French once, from Old French lonce (“lynx”), by false division (the l was thought to be the article), from Italian lonza, ultimately from Ancient Greek λύγξ (lúnx, “lynx”). Doublet of onza and lynx.
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