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uncia
[ uhn-shee-uh ]
noun
, plural un·ci·ae [uhn, -shee-ee].
- a bronze coin of ancient Rome, the 12th part of an as.
- (in prescriptions) an ounce of weight or volume.
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The twelth part of an acre was called Uncia and half a foot, Semis, &c.
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Another way is to take two unciae of ore, a semi-uncia of litharge, two drachmae of Venetian glass and a semi-uncia of saltpetre.
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Lastly, if there is only pure silver, then as much as a third of a libra and a semi-uncia of copper granules are added.
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Another cement is made of a bes of brick dust, a third of rock salt, an uncia of saltpetre, and half an uncia of refined salt.
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Of each bes of silver one sicilicus is consumed, or occasionally when very impure, three drachmae or half an uncia.
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