ounce

[Ounce]

A unit of weight equal to one sixteenth of a pound or 16 drams or 28.349 grams

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A weight, the sixteenth part of a pound avoirdupois, and containing 437 grains.

Noun
large feline of upland central Asia having long thick whitish fur

Noun
a unit of weight equal to one sixteenth of a pound or 16 drams or 28.349 grams

Noun
a unit of apothecary weight equal to 480 grains or one twelfth of a pound

n.
A weight, the sixteenth part of a pound avoirdupois, and containing 437/ grains.

n.
The twelfth part of a troy pound.

n.
Fig.: A small portion; a bit.

n.
A feline quadruped (Felis irbis, / uncia) resembling the leopard in size, and somewhat in color, but it has longer and thicker fur, which forms a short mane on the back. The ounce is pale yellowish gray, with irregular dark spots on the neck and limbs, and dark rings on the body. It inhabits the lofty mountain ranges of Asia. Called also once.

Ounce

Ounce , n. [F. once, fr. L. uncia a twelfth, the twelfth part of a pound or of a foot: cf. Gr. bulk, mass, atom. Cf. 2d Inch, Oke.] 1. A weight, the sixteenth part of a pound avoirdupois, and containing 437 grains. 2. (Troy Weight) The twelfth part of a troy pound. &hand; The troy ounce contains twenty pennyweights, each of twenty-four grains, or, in all, 480 grains, and is the twelfth part of the troy pound. The troy ounce is also a weight in apothecaries' weight. [Troy ounce is sometimes written as one word, troyounce.] 3. Fig.: A small portion; a bit. [Obs.]

By ounces hung his locks that he had.

Fluid ounce. See under Fluid, n.

Ounce

Ounce, n. [F. once; cf. It. lonza, Sp. onza; prob. for lonce, taken as l'once, fr. L. lynx, Gr. , or an (assumed) fem. adj. lyncea, from lynx. Cf. Lynx.] (Zo'94l.) A feline quadruped (Felis irbis, ∨ uncia) resembling the leopard in size, and somewhat in color, but it has longer and thicker fur, which forms a short mane on the back. The ounce is pale yellowish gray, with irregular dark spots on the neck and limbs, and dark rings on the body. It inhabits the lofty mountain ranges of Asia. Called also once.

A weight, the sixteenth part of a pound avoirdupois, and containing 437 grains.

A feline quadruped (Felis irbis, ∨ uncia) resembling the leopard in size, and somewhat in color, but it has longer and thicker fur, which forms a short mane on the back. The ounce is pale yellowish gray, with irregular dark spots on the neck and limbs, and dark rings on the body. It inhabits the lofty mountain ranges of Asia. Called also once.

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Usage Examples

One man scorned and covered with scars still strove with his last ounce of courage to reach the unreachable stars and the world will be better for this.

Giving up even an ounce of precious freedom is a very serious thing to do.

I'm thankful for the three ounce Ziploc bag, so that I have somewhere to put my savings.

An ounce of cheerfulness is worth a pound of sadness to serve God with.

Misspelled Form

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Other Usage Examples

What we face may look insurmountable. But I learned something from all those years of training and competing. I learned something from all those sets and reps when I didn't think I could lift another ounce of weight. What I learned is that we are always stronger than we know.

Will power is only the tensile strength of one's own disposition. One cannot increase it by a single ounce.

Only a man who knows what it is like to be defeated can reach down to the bottom of his soul and come up with the extra ounce of power it takes to win when the match is even.

I hope to devote all of my spare time, which ordinarily would go to research, my summers, and every ounce of strength I can muster to further the project.