Avoirdupois
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noun.
Avoirdupois weight.
noun.
Weight or heaviness, especially of a person.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
noun.
A system of weight in which one pound contains 16 ounces.
noun.
The weight of anything according to the avoirdupois system: as, his
avoirdupois
was 150 pounds.
noun.
Also written
averdupois
, and often abbreviated to
avoir
. and
avdp.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Goods sold by weight.
Avoirdupois weight.
Weight; heaviness.
a system of weights by which coarser commodities are weighed, such as hay, grain, butter, sugar, tea.
Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
noun.
The official system of weights used in
UK
between 1856 and 1963. It had been the customary system in
London
since 1300 CE.
noun.
The official system of weights used in
USA
between 1866 and 1959.
noun.
Weight
;
heaviness
.
WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
noun.
a system of weights based on the 16-ounce pound (or 7,000 grains)
noun.
excess bodily weight