AVOIRDUPOIS

n.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
n.

Goods sold by weight. [Obs.]

2.
n.

Avoirdupois weight.

3.
n.

Weight; heaviness; as, a woman of much avoirdupois. [Colloq.] Avoirdupois weight, a system of weights by which coarser commodities are weighed, such as hay, grain, butter, sugar, tea.

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