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Auˊncel Weight
Auˊncel Weight [probably q. d. Handsale Weight] an ancient sort of Weight or Balance, with Scales Pendant, or Hooks hanging to each
End of a Beam, which being raised upon the Forefinger or Hand, shewed the Difference
between the Thing weighed and the Weight. But this, by reason of Deceit used in it,
was forbidden, and quite prohibited, 22 of King
Charles II.
Definition taken from
The Universal Etymological English Dictionary,
edited by Nathan Bailey (1736)
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