troy (weight)
81Troy DeVries — Infobox NBA Player caption = position = Shooting guard height ft = 6 height in = 4 weight = 195 lb (88 kg) team = Plus Pujol Lleida nationality = United States birth date = birth date and age|1982|7|27 birth place = Mount Vernon, Washington,… …
82apothecaries' weight — noun any weight unit used in pharmacy; an ounce is equal to 480 grains and a pound is equal to 12 ounces • Syn: ↑apothecaries unit • Hypernyms: ↑weight unit, ↑weight • Hyponyms: ↑grain, ↑scruple, ↑ …
83apothecaries' weight — a system of weights used chiefly in compounding and dispensing drugs: 20 grains = 1 scruple; 3 scruples = 1 dram; 8 drams = 1 ounce; 12 ounces = 1 pound. The grain, ounce, and pound are the same as in troy weight, the grain alone being the same… …
84Avoirdupois weight — Avoirdupois Av oir*du*pois ([a^]v [ e]r*d[ u]*poiz ), n. & a. [OE. aver de peis, goods of weight, where peis is fr. OF. peis weight, F. poids, L. pensum. See {Aver}, n., and {Poise}, n.] 1. Goods sold by weight. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] 2.… …
85avoirdupois weight — the system of weights in British and U.S. use for goods other than gems, precious metals, and drugs: 2711/32 grains = 1 dram; 16 drams = 1 ounce; 16 ounces = 1 pound; 112 pounds (Brit.) or 100 pounds (U.S.) = 1 hundredweight; 20 hundredweight = 1 …
86Apothecaries' weight — Apothecary A*poth e*ca*ry, n.; pl. {Apothecaries}. [OE. apotecarie, fr. LL. apothecarius, fr. L. apotheca storehouse, Gr. apo, fr. ? to put away; ? from + ? to put: cf. F. apothicaire, OF. apotecaire. See {Thesis}.] One who prepares and sells… …
87pen|ny|weight — «PEHN ee WAYT», noun. 24 grains or ½0 of an ounce in troy weight. Abbr: dwt …
88avoirdupois weight — A measure characterized by a sixteen ounce pound, as distinguished from troy weight of twelve ounces to the pound …
89Oakwood Cemetery (Troy, New York) — Oakwood Cemetery U.S. National Register of Historic Places …
90Peso troy — La onza troy es una unidad tradicional para pesar el oro. El peso troy es un sistema de unidades de masa utilizado habitualmente para metales preciosos, piedras preciosas y pólvora. El nombre procede de Troyes, Francia, pues se sabe que el… …
