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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 Dictionary,
edited by Nathan Bailey (1736)
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