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English
Etymology
See ounce.
Noun
unce (plural unces)
- Early Modern spelling of ounce.
1562, [Girolamo Ruscelli], anonymous translator, The thyrde and last parte of the Secretes of the reuerende Master Alexis of Piemont , folio 3r:TAke the oyle of Castoreum two vnces, oyle roset, and oyle of better Almondes of eche an vnce, of Aqua vite two vnces, mingle al together and seeth it vntill the Aqua vite be consumed.
1563, Thomas Gale, Certaine VVorkes of Chirugerie , folio 53v:[…] and when you wil vse it, take of this pouder, iij. Vnces, of Bole armoniack half an vnce, of Puluis alcamisticus one vnce.
1572, John Jones, The Bathes of Bathes Ayde , folio 32r:[…] of the séedes of Anise, and cumine, eche one vnce, raysons the stones piked oute, a handfull, boyle all these in a sufficient quantitie […]
Anagrams
Czech
Pronunciation
Noun
unce f
- ounce
Declension
Declension of unce (soft feminine)
Further reading
- unce in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
- unce in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
Latin
Noun
unce
- vocative singular of uncus
Middle English
Noun
unce
- Alternative form of ounce
Spanish
Verb
unce
- inflection of uncir:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative