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  • beat

    If you beat someone or something, you hit them very hard.

  • compound

    A compound is an enclosed area of land that is used for a particular purpose.

  • decompound

    (of a compound leaf) having leaflets consisting of several distinct parts

  • poundage

    confinement within an enclosure or within certain limits.

  • troy weight

    a system of weights in use for precious metals and gems (formerly also for bread, grain, etc.): 24 grains = 1 pennyweight (1.555 grams); 20 pennyweights = 1 ounce (31.103 grams); 12 ounces = 1 pound (0.373 kilogram). The grain, ounce, and pound are the same as in apothecaries' weight, the grain alone being the same as in avoirdupois weight. The troy pound is no longer a standard weight in Great Britain.

  • apothecaries' weight

    a system of weights, formerly used in pharmacy, based on the Troy ounce, which contains 480 grains. 1 grain is equal to 0.065 gram
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