Inside the Universes

Words with a similar base: apothecaries'_ounce, ounce, troy_ounce

'ounce'

[ounce.n.01] as in: a unit of apothecary weight equal to 480 grains or one twelfth of a pound

'ounce'

[ounce.n.02] as in: a unit of weight equal to one sixteenth of a pound or 16 drams or 28.349

grams

'ounce'

[snow_leopard.n.01] as in: large feline of upland central Asia having long thick whitish fur

Origins

					ounce (English)
├── once (French)
│   ├── lonce (French)
│   ├── once (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
│   └── uncia (Latin)
│       └── unus (Latin)
│           └── oinos (Latin)
└── once (Middle French (ca. 1400-1600))