0 a unit for measuring weight equal to 28.35 grams -- unse [ masculine ]
1 (usually abbreviated to ozwhen written) a unit of weight, 28.35 grammes. -- unse
Those figures seem almost impossible to believe, but the decrease in ounces of tobacco sold during the last six months bear them out.
Someone was speaking to the old man about paying his extra penny on two ounces of tobacco.
But some bottles contain only 26¼ fluid ounces and others only 26 fluid ounces.
That is an ounce of experience against a good deal of theory.
Every ounce of it has to be imported, and it is an essential import.
From 23 ounces of silk yarn, you only get 16 ounces of silk.
They will probably have to pay as much per ounce for the strawberries as the grower of them gets per pound.
These 1,191 dense pages contain around 700,000 words, and the volume weighs in at 1.785 kilograms on my butcher's scale (3 pounds 15 ounces old style).
