Lexicographical Neighbors of Lispound
Literary usage of Lispound
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review by Isaac Smith Homans, William B. Dana (1848)
"Grain, ground—Flour or meal— Buckwheat, bean and pease flour or meal, per lispound.
0 07 J Of barley (in bond 8 ship- pounds) per ..."
2. A Dictionary of Weights and Measures for the British Isles: The Middle Ages by Ronald Edward Zupko (1985)
"22: lispound. . .Shetland: 32 Ibs English; formerly 24 Ibs Dutch = 26 1/4 E.
1820 J. Sheppard 134: 24 marks make 1 ..."
3. The Mercantile Arithmetic: Adapted to the Commerce of the United States, in by Michael Walsh (1826)
"Banco for 1 Hamburg Rix dollar, and bills at 70 days from date. Weights—120
Swedish Ibs. make 112 Ib. English. 20 Ibs. = 1 lispound, ..."
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