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Pennyweight : (noun)
1: a unit of apothecary weight equal to 24 grains
Based on WordNet 2.0
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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.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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PENNYWEIGHT. A troy weight which weighs twenty-four grains, or one-twentieth
part of an ounce. Vide Weights.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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