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Ounce   /aʊns/   Listen
Ounce

noun
1.
A unit of apothecary weight equal to 480 grains or one twelfth of a pound.  Synonyms: apothecaries' ounce, troy ounce.
2.
A unit of weight equal to one sixteenth of a pound or 16 drams or 28.349 grams.  Synonym: oz..
3.
Large feline of upland central Asia having long thick whitish fur.  Synonyms: Panthera uncia, snow leopard.



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"Ounce" Quotes from Famous Books



... be the most terrible of all Britain's wars," replied Barry. "It will take every ounce of ...
— The Sky Pilot in No Man's Land • Ralph Connor

... two or three miles after he and Jane turned out of Flat Rock their spirited animals were allowed to toss their heads and go for the pure joy of going. Mac dashed on in front, using every ounce of his sinew to keep that position. They were following the same lane, the same tangled aisle of rioting vines which he had one day likened to his life—a life in which his gardener ...
— Sunlight Patch • Credo Fitch Harris

... eyes look feverish. You'd better see your doctor as soon as you get to town. An ounce of ...
— The Hollow of Her Hand • George Barr McCutcheon

... Those that we guessed to weigh four hundred weight, did not weigh more than two hundred and fifty; the reason is, that so late in the dry season the bones are very thinly covered with flesh: There is not an ounce of fat in a whole carcase, and the flanks are literally nothing but skin and bone: The flesh, however, is well tasted and juicy, and I suppose better than the flesh of an English ox would be if he was to starve in ...
— A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Vol. 13 • Robert Kerr

... some of its pristine strength; we see the military aspects of the system revived, and its more sordid phases thrust aside. It turned New France into a huge armed camp; it gave the colony a closely knit military organization; and, in a day when Canada needed every ounce of her strength to ward off encircling enemies both white and red, it did for her what no other system could be ...
— The Seigneurs of Old Canada: - A Chronicle of New-World Feudalism • William Bennett Munro


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