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Pennyweight

Pennyweight Meaning & Definition
Pennyweight Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Pennyweight?

[n] a unit of apothecary weight equal to 24 grains

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See Also | apothecaries' ounce | grain | ounce | troy ounce | troy unit

Pennyweight In Webster's Dictionary

\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.

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