unce

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noun

Early Modern spelling of ounce.

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Meanings

noununce (plural unces)

plural unces

  1. Early Modern spelling of ounce.

    […] and when you wil vse it, take of this pouder, iij. Vnces, of Bole armoniack half an vnce, of Puluis alcamisticus one vnce.

    1563, Thomas Gale, Certaine VVorkes of Chirugerie […], folio 53ᵛ
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    TAke the oyle of Castoreum two vnces, oyle roset, and oyle of better Almondes of eche an vnce, of Aqua vite two vnces, mingle al together and seeth it vntill the Aqua vite be consumed.

    1562, [Girolamo Ruscelli], anonymous translator, The thyrde and last parte of the Secretes of the reuerende Master Alexis of Piemont […], folio 3ʳ

    […] of the séedes of Anise, and cumine, eche one vnce, raysons the stones piked oute, a handfull, boyle all these in a sufficient quantitie […]

    1572, John Jones, The Bathes of Bathes Ayde […], folio 32ʳ

Origin

See ounce.

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APA

unce. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unce

MLA

“unce.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unce. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unce,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unce.

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