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pennyweight |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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 From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: pennyweight n : a unit of apothecary weight equal to 24 grains
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