OUNCE

I. noun see: one Date: 14th century 1. a unit of weight equal to 1/12 troy pound, a unit of weight equal to 1/16 avoirdupois pound, a small amount , fluid ~ , II. noun Etymology: Middle English unce lynx, from Middle French, alteration (by misdivision, as if l'once the ~) of lonce, probably from Old Italian lonza, from Middle Greek lynk-, lynx, from Greek Date: 1774 snow leopard