mangelin

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noun

A weight used to weigh precious stones, weighing more than a carat, usually 1¾ carats.

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nounmangelin (plural mangelins)

plural mangelins

  1. IndiahistoricalobsoleteA weight used to weigh precious stones, weighing more than a carat, usually 1¾ carats.

    The chief weight of Diamonds, is the Mangelin; it weighs five Grains and three fifths, and the Carat weighs only four grains, and five Mangelins make seven Carats.

    1687, Jean de Thévenot, Archibald Lovell, The Travels Of Monsieur De Thevenot Into The Levant, volume 3, page 98

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