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1. (n.) pennyweight
(in troy weight) a unit of 24 grains or
Etymology: (1350–1400; ME; OE penega gewihte)
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1. (noun) pennyweight
a unit of apothecary weight equal to 24 grains
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1. (noun) pennyweight
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
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