01 n. & a. Goods sold by weight.
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1.
Goods sold by weight.[Obs.]
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2.
Avoirdupois weight.
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3.
Weight; heaviness; as, a woman of much avoirdupois.[Colloq.]
Phrases & compounds
Avoirdupois weight —
a system of weights by which coarser commodities are weighed, such as hay, grain, butter, sugar, tea.