unce

English

Etymology

See ounce.

Noun

unce (plural unces)

  1. Early Modern spelling of ounce.
    • 1562, [Girolamo Ruscelli], anonymous translator, The thyrde and last parte of the Secretes of the reuerende Master Alexis of Piemont [], folio 3r:
      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.
    • 1563, Thomas Gale, Certaine VVorkes of Chirugerie [], folio 53v:
      [] and when you wil vse it, take of this pouder, iij. Vnces, of Bole armoniack half an vnce, of Puluis alcamisticus one vnce.
    • 1572, John Jones, The Bathes of Bathes Ayde [], folio 32r:
      [] of the séedes of Anise, and cumine, eche one vnce, raysons the stones piked oute, a handfull, boyle all these in a sufficient quantitie []

Anagrams

Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈunt͡sɛ]

Noun

unce f

  1. ounce

Declension

Further reading

  • unce in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • unce in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Latin

Noun

unce

  1. vocative singular of uncus

Middle English

Noun

unce

  1. Alternative form of ounce

Spanish

Verb

unce

  1. inflection of uncir:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative
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