unce
English
Etymology
See ounce.
Noun
unce (plural unces)
- 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.
Anagrams
Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈunt͡sɛ]
Declension
Latin
Middle English
Spanish
Verb
unce
- inflection of uncir:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
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