HyperDic: pennyweight

English > 1 sense of the word pennyweight:
NOUNquantitypennyweighta unit of apothecary weight equal to 24 grains
English > pennyweight: 1 sense > noun 1, quantity
MeaningA unit of apothecary weight equal to 24 grains.
Part ofounce, troy ounce, apothecaries' ounceA unit of apothecary weight equal to 480 grains or one twelfth of a pound
Partsgrain1/60 dram
Broadertroy unitAny of the unit of the troy system of weights
Spanishpennyweight

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