- auncel weight
- Weighing with a balance or steelyard.
Ballentine's law dictionary. Anderson, W.S.. 1998.
auncel weight
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Auncel — Aun cel, n. A rude balance for weighing, and a kind of weight, formerly used in England. Halliwell. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
auncel — ansel, ansul, or auncel /onsal/ In old English law, an ancient mode of weighing by hanging scales or hooks at either end of a beam or staff, which, being lifted with one s finger or hand by the middle, showed the equality or difference between… … Black's law dictionary
auncel — ansel, ansul, or auncel /onsal/ In old English law, an ancient mode of weighing by hanging scales or hooks at either end of a beam or staff, which, being lifted with one s finger or hand by the middle, showed the equality or difference between… … Black's law dictionary
auncel — ˈȯnsəl, ˈä noun ( s) Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French auncelle, perhaps alteration (resulting from incorrect division into definite article l + noun) of (assumed) Old French lancelle, from Old Italian lancella small balance, from… … Useful english dictionary
weights of auncel — See auncel weight … Ballentine's law dictionary
ansel — See auncel weight … Ballentine's law dictionary
ansel — ansel, ansul, or auncel /onsal/ In old English law, an ancient mode of weighing by hanging scales or hooks at either end of a beam or staff, which, being lifted with one s finger or hand by the middle, showed the equality or difference between… … Black's law dictionary
ansul — ansel, ansul, or auncel /onsal/ In old English law, an ancient mode of weighing by hanging scales or hooks at either end of a beam or staff, which, being lifted with one s finger or hand by the middle, showed the equality or difference between… … Black's law dictionary
ansel — ansel, ansul, or auncel /onsal/ In old English law, an ancient mode of weighing by hanging scales or hooks at either end of a beam or staff, which, being lifted with one s finger or hand by the middle, showed the equality or difference between… … Black's law dictionary
ansul — ansel, ansul, or auncel /onsal/ In old English law, an ancient mode of weighing by hanging scales or hooks at either end of a beam or staff, which, being lifted with one s finger or hand by the middle, showed the equality or difference between… … Black's law dictionary
