avoirdupois

avoirdupois is a   Noun

Definition:

[1] Goods sold by weight. [Obs.]

[2] Avoirdupois weight.

[3] Weight; heaviness; as, a woman of much avoirdupois. [Colloq.] Avoirdupois weight, a system of weights by which coarser commodities are weighed, such as hay, grain, butter, sugar, tea.

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