| Pronunciation: | | 'penee`weyt
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[n] a unit of apothecary weight equal to 24 grains |
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PENNYWEIGHT is a 11 letter word that starts with P. |
| | See Also: | | apothecaries' ounce, grain, ounce, troy ounce, troy unit |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \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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