noun. A unit of weight for precious stones, equal to 200 milligrams.

noun. undefined

To try or refine (gold).

noun. An Arabian coin of base silver, current in Mecca, Medina, and Mocha.

noun. An old weight equal to a scruple, or the twenty-fourth part of an ounce troy.

noun. A unit of mass formerly used in various countries for weighing gold.

noun. Hence A twenty-fourth part: specifically used in expressing the fineness of gold when used as jewelry.

noun. A unit of weight for precious stones, divided by jewelers into 4 grains, called diamond-grains, but equal to about 3⅙ troy grains, 151½ English carats being taken as equal to an ounce troy.

noun. Often abbreviated car. or K.

noun. The weight by which precious stones and pearls are weighed.

noun. A twenty-fourth part; -- a term used in estimating the proportionate fineness of gold.

noun. A unit of weight for precious stones and pearls, equivalent to 200 milligrams.

noun. Formerly, any of several units of weight, varying from 189 to 212 mg, the weight of a carob seed.

noun. A measure of the purity of gold, pure gold being 24 carats.

noun. the unit of measurement for the proportion of gold in an alloy; 18-karat gold is 75% gold; 24-karat gold is pure gold

noun. a unit of weight for precious stones = 200 mg

"A carat is 1/5 of a gram and about the size of a pink pearl eraser on a number-two pencil."

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