Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Among goldsmiths, the twenty-fourth part of a grain. Compare carat.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun The twenty-fourth part of a grain; -- a weight used by goldsmiths.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun Archaic form of carob.
  • noun The twenty-fourth part of a grain; a weight used by goldsmiths.

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