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Webster 1913 Edition
Ounce
Ounce
,Noun.
[F.
once
; cf. It. lonza
, Sp. onza
; prob. for lonce
, taken as l’once
, fr. L. lynx
, Gr. [GREEK], or an (assumed) fem. adj. lyncea
, from lynx
. Cf. Lynx
.] (Zool.)
A feline quadruped (
Felis irbis
syn. Felis uncia
) resembling the leopard in size, and somewhat in color, but it has longer and thicker fur, which forms a short mane on the back. The ounce is pale yellowish gray, with irregular dark spots on the neck and limbs, and dark rings on the body. It inhabits the lofty mountain ranges of Asia. Called also once
. Webster 1828 Edition
Ounce
OUNCE
,Noun.
1.
A weight, the twelfth part of a pound troy, and the sixteenth of a pound avoirdupois. In troy weight, the ounce is 20 pennyweights, each of 24 grains.2.
An animal of the genus Felis. [See Once.]Definition 2024
ounce
ounce
English
Noun
ounce (plural ounces) abbreviation oz.
- An avoirdupois ounce, weighing 1/16 of an avoirdupois pound, or 28.3495 grams.
- A troy ounce, weighing 1/12 of a troy pound, or 480 grains, or 31.1035 grams.
- A US fluid ounce, with a volume of 1/16 of a US pint, 1.804 687 cubic inches or 29.573 531 milliliters.
- A British imperial fluid ounce, with a volume of 1/20 of an imperial pint, 1.733871 cubic inches or 28.413063 millilitres.
- A little bit.
- He didn't feel even an ounce of regret for his actions.
Synonyms
- (small amount): see also Wikisaurus:modicum.
Related terms
Translations
28.3495 g
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Etymology 2
From French once, from lonce (“lynx”), by false division (the l was thought to be the article), from Latin lynx, from Ancient Greek λύγξ (lúnx, “lynx”). Interestingly, the taxon of the snow leopard is a Latinisation using the root of ounce (1).
Noun
ounce (plural ounces)
- The snow leopard, Uncia uncia.