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Definition of Troy pound
1. Noun. An apothecary weight equal to 12 ounces or 373.242 grams.
Generic synonyms: Troy Unit, Apothecaries' Unit, Apothecaries' Weight
Terms within: Apothecaries' Ounce, Ounce, Troy Ounce
Definition of Troy pound
1. Noun. A former unit of mass equal to 5760 grains ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Troy Pound
Literary usage of Troy pound
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1920)
"Congress has never directly legalized any standard of weight except the troy
pound and that only for purposes of coinage. To avoid confusion in comparisons ..."
2. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"The imperial standard troy pound constructed in 1758 was the only legal original
standard ... The troy pound derives its name from the city of Troyes, ..."
3. A Dictionary of Science, Literature, & Art: Comprising the Definitions and by George William Cox (1867)
"Henry VII. altered this weight, and introduced the troy pound instead, ...
The troy pound was divided in the same manner as the old English pound, ..."
4. American Druggist (1890)
"It may happen, however, that we will never again be able to obtain a copy of the
English standard troy pound, for the British nation is preparing to get rid ..."
5. A Treatise on the Coins of the Realm: In a Letter to the King by Charles Jenkinson Liverpool (1880)
"Mr. Clarke contends, that the Tower Pound was changed for the troy pound, in the
12th Henry VII. and he quotes a statute of that year in confirmation of it. ..."
6. A Dictionary, Practical, Theoretical, and Historical, of Commerce and by John Ramsey McCulloch (1852)
"... the Imperial Standard troy pound, and shall be, and the «ame is hereby declared
to be, the unit or only standard measure of weight, from which all other ..."
7. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1901)
"As late as 1811 bread appears to have been weighed by a long troy pound Df 7600
... But the so-called troy pound of England was not really troy ; it was ..."
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