System of masses based on a pound of 16 ounces.
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Examples for "avoirdupois"
Examples for "avoirdupois"
1She had so far successfully fought down an hereditary tendency to avoirdupois.
2Who'd ever suspect it in a man of your age and-andavoirdupois!
3The rest of the day was spent in a kind of avoirdupois war.
4The shekel was equal to about an ounce, in our modern avoirdupois system.
5It was an easy herd to show, for the pounds avoirdupois were there.
1The gut microbiota was able to utilise all the substrates and there was a link between the avDP with the fermentation properties.
1The shekel was equal to about an ounce, in our modern avoirdupois system.
Translations for avoirdupois system