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mangelin

mangelin noun: a weight used to weigh precious stones, weighing more than a carat, usually 1¾ carats.

Noun

mangelin (plural mangelins)

  1. (India, historical, obsolete) A weight used to weigh precious stones, weighing more than a carat, usually 1¾ carats.
    • The chief weight of Diamonds, is the Mangelin; it weighs five Grains and three fifths, and the Carat weighs only four grains, and five Mangelins make seven Carats.1687, Jean de Thévenot, Archibald Lovell, The Travels Of Monsieur De Thevenot Into The Levant, volume 3, page 98

Forms of mangelin

pluralmangelins

Questions about mangelin

What does mangelin mean?
Mangelin means a weight used to weigh precious stones, weighing more than a carat, usually 1¾ carats.
What part of speech is mangelin?
Mangelin is a noun.
What is the plural of mangelin?
The plural of mangelin is mangelins.

Words near mangelin in the dictionary

  1. mangel beet
  2. mangel beets
  3. mangel-wurzel
  4. mangel-wurzels
  5. mangelike
  6. mangelin
  7. mangelins
  8. mangels
  9. mangelwurzel
  10. mangelwurzels
  11. mangemange

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