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ouncil

ouncil noun: scales for weighing produce at a market.

Noun

ouncil (plural ouncils)

  1. (Ireland, obsolete) Scales for weighing produce at a market
    • He is our rate collector and ouncil weigh-master, and his son is our market clerk.1877, Local Government and Taxation of Towns Inquiry Commission (Ireland), “Minutes of Evidence: Naas, March 19, 1877: William Samuel Gray”, in Report, Part III (Command papers), volume C-1787, page...
    • You have got an ouncil?—Yes.
    • What commodities do you weigh on that ouncil?—Hay and straw principally; mangolds and turnips.1891, Royal Commission on Market Rights and Tolls, “Kilmallock—Co. Limerick; Mr. J.J. O'Sullivan, merchant, examined”, in Minutes and reports on Ulster, Leinster and Munster, November 1st, 1888, to...

Forms of ouncil

pluralouncils

Origin of ouncil

Compare ounce and auncel.

Questions about ouncil

What does ouncil mean?
Ouncil means scales for weighing produce at a market.
What part of speech is ouncil?
Ouncil is a noun.
What is the plural of ouncil?
The plural of ouncil is ouncils.

Words near ouncil in the dictionary

  1. ounceland
  2. ouncelands
  3. ouncer
  4. ouncers
  5. ounces
  6. ouncil
  7. ouncils
  8. Oundle
  9. oundy
  10. oungan
  11. oungans

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