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mangelins

mangelins is the plural of mangelin.

Meaning of mangelin

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

Questions about mangelins

What is mangelins the plural of?
Mangelins is the plural of mangelin.

Words near mangelins in the dictionary

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

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