ounce 1
/owns/ , n.
1. a unit of weight equal to 437.5 grains or 1 / 16 pound (28.349 grams) avoirdupois.
2. a unit of 480 grains, 1 / 12 pound (31.103 grams) troy or apothecaries' weight.
3. a fluid ounce.
4. a small quantity or portion.
[ 1350-1400; ME unce uncia twelfth part, inch, ounce, deriv. of unus ONE ]
ounce 2
/owns/ , n.
See snow leopard .
[ 1300-50; ME unce lynx once, var. of lonce (erroneously taken as l'once the ounce) luncea, deriv. of L lync- (s. of lynx ) LYNX ]