ozs.
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Sefton's—Orange shellac, 64 ozs.; alcohol, 4 gallons; pure asphaltum, 60 ozs.; neat's foot oil, 1 pint; lampblack, q. s.
“There should be about 800 ozs., valued at something like £3000; and this is the result of but our first washing-up.”
From The Tale of Timber Town by Grace, Alfred A. (Alfred Augustus)
Mix and thoroughly rub together in an earthen vessel, then put into a bottle and pour over it four ozs. water and one oz.
From One Thousand Secrets of Wise and Rich Men Revealed by Bogardus, C. A.
I found the 'shortening' effect of 12 ozs. of Cottolene practically equal to that of 1 lb. best butter.
From Fifty-Two Sunday Dinners A Book of Recipes by Hiller, Elizabeth O.
Make a jointed fly-rod 8-10 feet long, 4-8 ozs. in weight, capable of casting a fly sixty feet.
From Boy Scouts Handbook The First Edition, 1911 by Boy Scouts of America
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