Definition of Lispunds

1. lispund [n] - See also: lispund

Lexicographical Neighbors of Lispunds

lisks
lisle
lisles
lisne
lisnes
lisped
lisper
lispers
lisping
lispingly
lispings
lispound
lispounds
lisps
lispund
lispunds (current term)
lispy
liss
lissamine green dyes
lissamine rhodamine B 200
lissamphibian
lissamphibians
lisse
lissencephala
lissencephalia
lissencephalic
lissencephaly
lisses
lissive
lissoclinamide

Literary usage of Lispunds

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The General Grievances and Oppression of the Isles of Orkney and Shetland by James Mackenzie (1836)
"That the number of lispunds which the barrel contained, must have exceeded 12, otherwise the 12 residual lispunds would have been counted as a complete ..."

2. Oppressions of the Sixteenth Century in the Islands of Orkney and Zetland by David Balfour (1859)
"Scat Butter—1312 lispunds at Is. . per ... £334 0 0 Butter, 24 Barrels (360 lispunds) . . . £22 10 0 Cost (or Grain Rent), 88 Lasts .... 293 6 8 Flesh, ..."

3. Tariff, Or Rates of Duties Payable on Goods, Wares, and Merchandise by Elias Dayton Ogden (1855)
"l centner equal to 8 lispunds, or 112 Ibs. [Hamburg. l ... 100 Ibs. or 5 lispunds 73.76 Ibs. Kan of corn 7.42 bush. Last 75.00 " Cann of wine 69.09 galls. ..."

4. A Description of the Shetland Islands: Comprising an Account of Their by Samuel Hibbert (1822)
"The entire rents of the earldom and bishopric amounted to £ 322 Scots of money, 132 barrels and 634 lispunds of butter, 3806 meils of cost, 4251 meils of ..."

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