libra
noun
the ancient Roman pound (containing 5053 grains or 327.4 grams).
Librae
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genitive of
Libra.
librae
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pluralof libra.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
libranounthe ancient Roman pound (containing 5053 grains or 327.4 grams).
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On all these weights of the lesser scale, are written the numbers of librae and of semunciae.
From De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 by Georgius Agricola
It is found in lumps, in shafts as well, sometimes even exceeding ten librae in weight.
From De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 by Georgius Agricola
Thus there is left in the "bottoms," weighing twenty-three centumpondia, a total of eight and three-quarter librae of silver.
From De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 by Georgius Agricola
The third consists of four librae of vitriol, two and a half librae of saltpetre, half a libra of alum, and one and a half librae of spring water.
From De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 by Georgius Agricola
The eighth method consists of heating together one libra of the copper, one and a half librae of sulphur, half a libra of verdigris, and a libra of refined salt.
From De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 by Georgius Agricola
It was sighted at a point two degrees W. of a Librae at an angle of 431/2° with the horizon, and had been photographed, its elements calculated, its spectrum taken.
From The Lord of the Sea by M. P. (Matthew Phipps) Shiel
