Found 2 items, similar to pennyweight.
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Definition: pennyweight
pennyweight
n : a unit of apothecary weight equal to 24 grains
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Pennyweight
Pennyweight
\Pen"ny*weight`\, n.
A troy weight containing twenty-four grains, or the twentieth
part of an ounce; as, a pennyweight of gold or of arsenic. It
was anciently the weight of a silver penny, whence the name.
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