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    ozs.
    abbreviation
    ounces.
  • ozs
    ozs
    abbreviation
    ounces

ozs.

American  

abbreviation

  1. ounces.


ozs British  

abbreviation

  1. ounces

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Further, if 1 gallon of latex be diluted with 2, 3, or even 4 gallons of water it is still only necessary to add 16 ozs. of the acid mixture.

From The Preparation of Plantation Rubber by Sidney Morgan

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 C. A. Bogardus

To make violet ink:—Put 8 ozs. logwood into 3 pints of water, and boil until half the water has gone off in steam.

From Paper and Printing Recipes A Handy Volume of Practical Recipes, Concerning the Every-Day Business of Stationers, Printers, Binders, and the Kindred Trades by J. Sawtelle Ford

In 1869 Sir Edmund was presented by his constituents with a piece of silver plate weighing 900 ozs., and valued at upwards of £600, in recognition of his services to the Conservative cause. 

From Norfolk Annals A Chronological Record of Remarkable Events in the Nineteeth Century, Vol. 2 by Charles Mackie

It is recorded that he found in the Cathedral Treasury 2,621 ozs. of gold and 4,285 ozs. of silver, besides jewels of great value.

From Records of Woodhall Spa and Neighbourhood Historical, Anecdotal, Physiographical, and Archaeological, with Other Matter by James Conway Walter

The telegram read: “Family req notify svcmn mother Mrs. Patrick McFadden gave birth girl Regina 13 Jun Sacred Heart Hosp 7 lbs 10 ozs Dr Edinger states both fine.”

From Washington Post ● Feb. 20, 2019

Paste 8 ozs. small brown haricots, 2 tablespoonfuls tomato purée, 1 teaspoonful 'Vegeton,' 2 ozs.

From No Animal Food and Nutrition and Diet with Vegetable Recipes by Rupert H. Wheldon

Pudding 1 lb. whole-meal flour, 6 ozs. sugar, 6 ozs.

From No Animal Food and Nutrition and Diet with Vegetable Recipes by Rupert H. Wheldon

According to the official figures received from the Chamber of Mines, the returns were as follows:— 456,474 ozs. for the Witwatersrandt district 22,019 ozs. for the outside district ———— 478,493 ozs.

From South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 1 (of 6) From the Foundation of Cape Colony to the Boer Ultimatum of 9th Oct. 1899 by Louis Creswicke

And in July 1898:— 359,343 ozs. for the Witwatersrandt district 22,663 ozs. for the outside district ———— In all 382,006 ozs.

From South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 1 (of 6) From the Foundation of Cape Colony to the Boer Ultimatum of 9th Oct. 1899 by Louis Creswicke

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