| 单词 | avoirdupois |
| 例句 | He was in demand as figures of authority, to which he contributed avoirdupois and a wry gravitas. Ian McKellen on Roger Hammond: "His special achievement as an actor was to spread great good humour' 2012-11-13T16:44:25Z Significantly, the zoo indicated that his increases in avoirdupois do not stem from any sedentary life of lolling about the den, sampling sweet potato, bamboo and biscuits. National Zoo’s panda cub is 25 weeks old on day that starts Lunar New Year 2021-02-13T05:00:00Z By contrast, their descendants today fret about advancing avoirdupois, a real estate bubble and the high cost of space-age diagnostic scans. Opinion | Uber and Lyft are everything we love about capitalism — and everything we hate 2019-08-18T04:00:00Z Insofar as the notion of the American avoirdupois pound has any official meaning, it is by relation to the kilogram, of which, by law, it is 0.45359237. The Kilogram’s Long, Slow Climb to Harmony 2018-11-15T05:00:00Z They were neck and neck for the first 200 feet, The Post reported, “but then Kennard’s avoirdupois began to tell on his speed, and the one-legged man took the lead.” Stepping out: Tackling the Washington Monument’s stairs the hard way 2015-06-20T04:00:00Z Even the obesity rate ballooned to 31.5 percent, putting Michigan among the five fattest states, in the same league of avoirdupois as Alabama and West Virginia. Cleveland: Ground zero for the housing bubble 2013-05-12T21:00:00Z I just stood there, the bottle like a brick in my hand—or no, a cement block, a weight, avoirdupois, dragging me down. T. Coraghessan Boyle: “Birnam Wood.” 2012-08-27T04:00:00Z Thus so many drams of powder required to charge a rifle is a very much larger quantity when reckoned in apothecaries' drams than when reckoned in avoirdupois. Lord Kelvin An account of his scientific life and work 2012-04-06T02:00:32.097Z She, however, was entirely oblivious of her extra avoirdupois and always complained of the injustice of these porters! Under Four Administrations From Cleveland to Taft 2012-03-16T02:00:21.923Z The precious metals, gold, silver, and platinum, are sold by the Troy ounce: the base metals are all handled and dealt with on avoirdupois weights. The Business of Mining A brief non-technical exposition of the principles involved in the profitable operation of mines 2012-02-18T03:00:17.387Z The quantity of coffee imported from British possessions abroad in 1850, was upward of forty millions of pounds avoirdupois; and a very large proportion of this came from Ceylon. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol III, No 13, 1851 2012-02-10T03:00:15.463Z The troy pound contains 5760 grains, and is to the avoirdupois pound as 144 to 175, while the troy ounce is to the avoirdupois ounce as 192 to 175. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) 2012-01-30T03:00:19.113Z The danger of the system consisted mainly in the fact that the apothecaries' dram is 60 grains, while the avoirdupois dram is 271⁄3 grains. Lord Kelvin An account of his scientific life and work 2012-04-06T02:00:32.097Z Ounce, owns, n. the twelfth part of a pound troy=480 grains: 1⁄16 of a pound avoirdupois=437� troy grains. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) 2012-01-30T03:00:13.887Z Copper, lead, zinc, tin, and nickel are quoted in cents per pound avoirdupois. The Business of Mining A brief non-technical exposition of the principles involved in the profitable operation of mines 2012-02-18T03:00:17.387Z This gives in amount twenty-two thousand grains, or rather more than three pounds avoirdupois, of which about two and a quarter pounds is water. Donahoe's Magazine, Volume XV, No. 3 Volume XV (Jan 1886-Jul 1886) 2012-01-23T03:00:12.223Z They averaged over six feet in height, and I really forget how many pounds avoirdupois in weight—but something quite remarkable. Fifty-One Years of Victorian Life 2012-01-15T03:00:15.917Z Maund, mawnd, n. a measure of weight in India, its value varying in different places from about 25 to about 85 pounds avoirdupois. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) 2012-01-11T03:00:23.770Z There a man struggles with sheer desperation to press by his own avoirdupois 20 tons of hay into a place that won't hold 10. Scientific American, Vol. XXXIX.?No. 24. [New Series.], December 14, 1878 A Weekly Journal Of Practical Information, Art, Science, Mechanics, Chemistry, And Manufactures 2012-01-05T03:00:31.783Z Twelve copper pence contain half a pound avoirdupois of copper, of not the best quality, which, before it is coined, is seldom worth sevenpence in silver. An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations 2011-12-05T03:00:41.403Z Catty, kat′i, n. the Chinese kin or pound, usually a little over 1� lb. avoirdupois. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) 2011-10-11T02:01:08.990Z Lady Caroline Sellwood was honestly dishonest to the last ounce of her two hundredweight of avoirdupois. My Lord Duke 2011-09-09T02:01:11.940Z Kat, kat, n. the chief ancient Egyptian unit of weight, 1⁄50 lb. avoirdupois. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) 2012-01-11T03:00:23.770Z Yet she was no light-footed woman, but had an avoirdupois of two hundred and fifty pounds, which is not an unusual weight for an Africander woman of thirty years. Yankee Girls in Zulu Land 2011-08-31T02:01:39.710Z I never can see why I should relieve a maiden of a burden when her avoirdupois equals mine. Tessa Wadsworth's Discipline A Story of the Development of a Young Girl's Life 2011-08-09T02:00:30.317Z Accordingly, the refractory young man was thrashed, after an exciting quarter of an hour—a close victory, which one pound more avoirdupois might have decided against the teacher. McClure's Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 5, October 1893 2011-07-30T02:00:16.467Z If an educated and an ignorant child were sold by weight, the intelligent child would fetch more per pound avoirdupois than the ignorant one. Bygones Worth Remembering, Vol. 2 (of 2) 2011-07-22T02:00:17.663Z This coat of mail would weigh about one hundred and fifty-six pounds four ounces avoirdupois, allowing half an ounce to the shekel, which I believe is under the weight. The Bible: what it is 2011-05-31T02:00:29.687Z The accusing forefinger shifted from Thorne to the County Chairman; under it the avoirdupois of that gentleman seemed to shrivel and grow less. The Red Mouse 2011-05-30T02:00:14.700Z He wore a watch, the chain of which, depending from the waistband of his pants, was of iron, and would have weighed fully a pound avoirdupois. Hoosier Mosaics 2011-05-20T02:00:35.173Z Mr. Chesterton was inclined to think that his "notoriety" in large measure came from his "appearance," his "avoirdupois." Turns about Town 2011-05-13T02:00:09.213Z Most people give gratitude in grains for whole ounces of avoirdupois weight; what a grateful soul yours is, Miss Lambert.' Heriot's Choice A Tale 2011-04-20T02:00:22.760Z Gasping from the effort of hoisting his considerable avoirdupois up the height and sputtering with offended dignity, the officer stamped to a stand alongside and glared fearsomely. Lonesome Town 2011-04-12T02:00:24.580Z When of largest size, he weighs forty pounds avoirdupois. The Guerilla Chief And other Tales 2011-02-10T03:00:53.627Z Her tall, strong body and magnificent limbs equalled one hundred and forty pounds avoirdupois! Hoosier Mosaics 2011-05-20T02:00:35.173Z I that but the other day weighed an hundred and fifty pounds of solid avoirdupois;—I to wed this heavenly fleece? Pierre; or The Ambiguities 2011-01-17T03:00:45.163Z With his growing avoirdupois, the Major appeared to be abandoning the one-step in favor of the easy-chair, which was to be found in greater perfection at home than at the Country Club. Why Joan? 2011-01-02T03:00:20.290Z I leave home for dat myself!” commented little Narcisse Laviolette, who possessed a wife of double his own fighting weight and offspring of about the same combined avoirdupois. The Boss of Wind River 2010-12-30T03:00:28.770Z He found that more than 53,000 worms on an average inhabit every acre of garden land, and that a single casting sometimes weighs as much as three ounces avoirdupois. Charles Darwin 2010-12-24T03:00:33.847Z Honest Mr Clark! you were indeed the king of fishers; but, then, all your fish weighed fisher's weight—you added at least seventy-five per cent. to the avoirdupois! Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 13 A hundredweight contains 112 pounds avoirdupois; a cental of 100 pounds is common in America, and is a legal British weight. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 3 Atrebates to Bedlis Her avoirdupois, also, was getting rather out of hand, despite constant attention to massage and sporadic attempts at dieting. Why Joan? 2011-01-02T03:00:20.290Z As, a Roman weight of 12 ounces, answering to the libra or pound, and equal to 237.5 grains avoirdupois, or 327.1873 grammes French measure. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 2 Amiel to Atrauli Countries using the avoirdupois system were to regard 1 ounce as the initial weight limit. The Development of Rates of Postage An Historical and Analytical Study "Certainly," replied Mrs. Manning, with a determination to go in spite of her avoirdupois, the darkness, the row-boat, and the steep mill-stairs. Rodman the Keeper Southern Sketches But they've got bored with me because I always unhesitatingly go two pounds better than the biggest juggler of avoirdupois present. Sinister Street, vol. 2 The penalty for using any other weight than avoirdupois is a sum not exceeding �5 nor less than forty shillings, and for failing to provide beams and scales a sum not exceeding �5. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 4 "Bradford, William" to "Brequigny, Louis" Catty, a Chinese pound, equal by treaty to one and one-third pounds avoirdupois. Village Life in China A Study in Sociology August 4, 1858, Ira A. Willard found on the west branch of the Feather River a nugget which weighed 54 pounds avoirdupois before and 49-1/2 pounds after melting. Harper's Round Table, July 23, 1895 A pound of feathers, which weigh a pound avoirdupois; a pound of gold is a pound troy. The Handbook of Conundrums According to our estimate a shekel was about 0.3 of an avoirdupois ounce. The Bible Story I have this day used exactly seven ounces avoirdupois to make a pint of the iodizing solution, which, within a few grains, agrees with my former results. Notes and Queries, Number 228, March 11, 1854 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc The Indian "viss"; a weight equal to about three and a half pounds avoirdupois. Shan Folk Lore Stories from the Hill and Water Country Half a mile east of Columbia, Tuolumne County, near the Knapp Ranch, a Mr. Strain found a nugget which weighed 50 pounds avoirdupois. Harper's Round Table, July 23, 1895 "The good die first," said Wordsworth, and so with birds; for the good are the fat, who, through an excess of avoirdupois, lag in flight and alight on lower branches and are easiest shot. In the Oregon Country Out-Doors in Oregon, Washington, and California Together with some Legendary Lore, and Glimpses of the Modern West in the Making But the banting process was not to her liking, so that Miss Templeton finally decided to seek the sort of parts where her avoirdupois would cut no figure in the artistic results. The Scrap Book, Volume 1, No. 1 March 1906 It was as heavy metaphorically as it was in avoirdupois. The Galaxy, June 1877 Vol. XXIII.—June, 1877.—No. 6. His avoirdupois has greatly increased since the garments were made, and his harness is so tight that he finds marching very uncomfortable. Eleven days in the militia during the war of the rebellion A journal of the 'Emergency' campaign of 1862 The sense of avoirdupois, of gravitation, was lost; one felt winged, uplifted; it was good all at once, it was good to live, to be. The House of Fulfilment He did not gain one single pound avoirdupois however, which may perchance seem strange, but is the most natural thing in the world. Devil Stories An Anthology An English acre under culture for sugar, in Java, yields 1285 pounds avoirdupois of refined sugar, and the produce at Cuba is nearly the same. The Church of England Magazine - Volume 10, No. 263, January 9, 1841 If the man of more than average avoirdupois kneels on a stool in church, let the leaner sort console this brother's necessity by doing likewise. Miscellaneous Writings, 1883-1896 The following tabular statement exhibits the actual avoirdupois weight of our equipments—a fair average being taken, some being more and some less than the estimate. lb. oz. Our campaign around Gettysburg Being a memorial of what was endured, suffered and accomplished by the Twenty-third regiment (N. Y. S. N. G.) and other regiments associated with them, in their Pennsylvania and Maryland campaign, during the second rebel invasion of the loyal states in June-July, 1863 A man has to stand up in God’s sight and work up to his weight avoirdupois: then I’ll talk to him, but not before. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. XIX (of 25) The Ebb-Tide; Weir of Hermiston Jane hugged her father and did her best to spin his two hundred pounds avoirdupois around with her. Chicken Little Jane on the Big John If he acquires a superabundance of avoirdupois he is in danger of apoplexy. How to Analyze People on Sight Through the Science of Human Analysis: The Five Human Types The quantity of blood in the whole body of the human adult, is twenty-five pounds avoirdupois, or twenty pints. 7th. A Treatise on Anatomy, Physiology, and Hygiene (Revised Edition) The Dharni may therefore be considered as equal to five pounds avoirdupois. An Account of The Kingdom of Nepal And of the Territories Annexed to this Dominion by the House of Gorkha Troy of double refined maple sugar to a dish of coffee, or 1 lb. avoirdupois to 26.5 dishes, so that at 20 cents per lb. it is 8 mills per dish. The Magnificent Adventure Being the Story of the World's Greatest Exploration and the Romance of a Very Gallant Gentleman Those who, by reason of a lack of avoirdupois, were less firmly attached to the ground, were lifted bodily. Walter Pieterse A Story of Holland Again, some dubious antiquary has put it forward as the home of that variety of weights "which are not avoirdupois." The Cathedrals of Northern France Holland levered his avoirdupois out of his chair. The Cuckoo Clock The weight of a quartern loaf, before baking, should be four pounds fifteen ounces; after baking, four pounds six ounces, avoirdupois. The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, Adapted to the Use of Private Families Cayenne pepper, one drachm, avoirdupois weight.Soy, two table-spoonfuls.Walnut catchup, four ditto.Six anchovies chopped.A small clove of garlic, minced fine. The Cook's Oracle; and Housekeeper's Manual This abrupt removal of weight from one end, and large increase of avoirdupois at the other, produced a natural but very surprising result. The Young Surveyor; or Jack on the Prairies Another delightful book by Mr. Blythe, in which he discusses surplus avoirdupois. Cutting It Out How to get on the waterwagon and stay there "I scale one hundred and eighty pounds, but when I'm mad I weigh two ton," said the Kentuckian, with a true notion of moral avoirdupois. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 121, November, 1867 It is not equal to the grain avoirdupois, but is one fourth of a diamond carat. A Text-Book of Precious Stones for Jewelers and the Gem-Loving Public Brandy, or proof spirit, a quarter of a pint.Celery-seed bruised, half an ounce, avoirdupois weight. The Cook's Oracle; and Housekeeper's Manual Stones have been taken out of the stomach of an ostrich each weighing more than a pound avoirdupois! The Giraffe Hunters To take and hold such an enviable position as this woman held needs, I think, an excess of avoirdupois.” Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 6, July 1905 The female clowns, all of whom were burdened by excessive avoirdupois, wiggled their hips and shoulders as they marched in a sort of Oriental shimmy. Where the Strange Trails Go Down Sulu, Borneo, Celebes, Bali, Java, Sumatra, Straits Settlements, Malay States, Siam, Cambodia, Annam, Cochin-China Thus the pearl grain is slightly lighter than the avoirdupois grain. A Text-Book of Precious Stones for Jewelers and the Gem-Loving Public Black pepper, an ounce; allspice, half an ounce, pounded fine.Nutmeg grated, a quarter of an ounce, avoirdupois weight. The Cook's Oracle; and Housekeeper's Manual To get rid of superfluous avoirdupois is one of the necessary steps to beauty. The Art of Stage Dancing The Story of a Beautiful and Profitable Profession Mr. Rathbun's description of how he felt as the days and weeks wore along and the pounds of avoirdupois slipped away one by one is interesting. The No Breakfast Plan and the Fasting-Cure Weights are in pounds avoirdupois, and two thousand pounds are reckoned to the ton. Principles of Mining Valuation, Organization and Administration The most valuable species of all was named “Semper Augustus,” and a bulb of it which weighed 200 perits, or less than half an ounce avoirdupois, was thought cheap at 5,500 florins. The Humbugs of the World An Account of Humbugs, Delusions, Impositions, Quackeries, Deceits and Deceivers Generally, in All Ages He would not have the strength to wield wings large enough to sustain so much avoirdupois on the yielding air. Our Bird Comrades The stranger dismounted from the wagon with the awkwardness of age and avoirdupois. The Wizard's Daughter and Other Stories He waited until the avoirdupois cyclone had cooled off. Lady Luck "I'm putting on too much avoirdupois," he said gloomily. Love at Paddington I would propose that the Amsterdam or Paris pound be assumed as the standard, being now the most universal in Europe: it is to our avoirdupois pound as 109 is to 100. James Watt A Spanish weight of 25 lbs. avoirdupois; one-fourth of a quintal. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. With the avoirdupois of Miss Jolliboy, life would appear a desert. Vagabondia 1884 She was only six inches in length of keel, by less than three in breadth of beam, and her tonnage, if registered—which it never was—would have been about half a pound avoirdupois. The Boy Tar When he had sufficiently recovered his avoirdupois, M. le Maire dragged out of the Hotel de Ville, with the aid of the embattled infantrymen, some fire apparatus, of early Bourbon vintage. The Stars and Stripes The American Soldiers' Newspaper of World War I, 1918-1919 The stone now weighs 978.309 grammes, which, making the requisite deductions for the wear and tear of time, would give 980 grammes, or rather more than 2 pounds 2 ounces avoirdupois. Babylonians and Assyrians, Life and Customs An Indian measure, with a corresponding weight of 31⁄2 lbs. avoirdupois. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. There were 600 ounces in silver bars, a pretty good load in avoirdupois, but he only made one journey of it, mounted the wall and speedily was over. Bidwell's Travels, from Wall Street to London Prison Fifteen Years in Solitude One felt that each had measured the other by avoirdupois weight, and had found the balance even. The Lowest Rung Together with The Hand on the Latch, St. Luke's Summer and The Understudy The hank is 840 yards, and the number of hanks in one pound avoirdupois is the count of the yarn. Textiles For Commercial, Industrial, and Domestic Arts Schools; Also Adapted to Those Engaged in Wholesale and Retail Dry Goods, Wool, Cotton, and Dressmaker's Trades I was dumb with astonishment and the mud, having swallowed eighteen ounces avoirdupois weight of the sacred soil of Mississippi while endeavoring to express my admiration of the performance of the mule. Incidents of the War: Humorous, Pathetic, and Descriptive "I suppose you think a lady of my avoirdupois ought to live on the top floor so as to have plenty of exercise, eh?" inquired Mrs. Mangenborn with an attempt at humour. The Music Master Novelized from the Play Under other circumstances I might have enjoyed the company, but it was no pleasure to know that every grain of her one hundred and fourteen pounds avoirdupois was Barcelona's Personal Property. The Big Fix From the Premier mine a diamond weighing more than three thousand carats—one and thirty-seven hundredths pounds avoirdupois—was obtained. Wealth of the World's Waste Places and Oceania A single pair has been known to weigh as much as 60 pounds avoirdupois! The Hunters' Feast Conversations Around the Camp Fire How much avoirdupois the worthy man had kicked out of that salmon I know not; what remained weighed 7 lb., and it was a singularly bright and handsomely shaped fish. Lines in Pleasant Places Being the Aftermath of an Old Angler But the late caller was not Justin Ware as for the moment she had feared, but Mrs. West entering with the ponderous dignity inseparable from two hundred pounds avoirdupois. Other People's Business The Romantic Career of the Practical Miss Dale As we entered the street where the rioters were, I turned and saw him, perfectly breathless, bear his two hundred and fifty pounds avoirdupois against a door. Four Years in Rebel Capitals An Inside View of Life in the Southern Confederacy from Birth to Death Or all that we call logic and reasoning ends up as sheer preponderance of avoirdupois. The Book of the Damned Another shout went up as a second group pushed before Slim another youth who, so far as size, shape and avoirdupois was concerned, might have been his twin brother. The Brighton Boys in the Radio Service His bulk itself’s pure genius, and he wears His avoirdupois with so much fire and spright That, though the creature stands but five feet five, You take him for the tallest He alive. Hawthorn and Lavender with Other Verses Sanctified folks are the cleverest skinners in all Christendom, and their Jordan tans and constringes us to the avoirdupois of mummies. Imaginary Conversations and Poems A Selection He weighed a hundred and eighty pounds, at least—not a fraction less—so I remained passive; but ten pounds subtracted from his avoirdupois would have brought him a black eye. Four Years in Rebel Capitals An Inside View of Life in the Southern Confederacy from Birth to Death They would deliver a message at three miles’ distance, though it were no less than a missive of eighteen pounds avoirdupois; and we were now barely within half that distance. Rattlin the Reefer These 'lights of the world' consisted of five hundred bodies of unwieldy avoirdupois. The Magnificent Montez From Courtesan to Convert He had grown fat on these raids, and he did not propose to lose any of the avoirdupois thus gained, by hurrying. The Corner House Girls at School In a pound of dry rushes, avoirdupois, which I caused to be weighed and numbered, we found upwards of one thousand six hundred individuals. The Natural History of Selborne, Vol. 2 Two of them, in a scale, weighed down just one copper halfpenny, which is about the third of an ounce avoirdupois: so that I suppose they are the smallest quadrupeds in this island. The Natural History of Selborne, Vol. 1 Then I heard the thud of two hundred avoirdupois seating itself on top of the case. Lords of the North One pound avoirdupois is equal to 14 oz. A Museum for Young Gentlemen and Ladies Or, a Private Tutor for Little Masters and Misses The solidity of construction is such that with a compass of seven and one-third octaves the tension of the strings amounts to about 50,000 pounds avoirdupois. A Popular History of the Art of Music From the Earliest Times Until the Present Pour out two thirds of the water, and put in four ounces avoirdupois of guano. Guano A Treatise of Practical Information for Farmers Two men of the same avoirdupois may be walking side by side on the street, but one of them may be a genius and the other a hod carrier. The Head Voice and Other Problems Practical Talks on Singing This lady was of much dignity and of much avoirdupois as well. The Sagebrusher A Story of the West Therefore the avoirdupois of the brain is no true measure of intelligence or superiority. Bahá’u’lláh and the New Era Then, to adapt the avoirdupois pound to the further objects in view, it must be reconstructed as to its divisional parts. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 437 Volume 17, New Series, May 15, 1852 Add now to the counterpoised scale, one and a half ounces avoirdupois, and a fourpenny piece; if the bottle prove the heavier, the guano is, in all probability, adulterated. Guano A Treatise of Practical Information for Farmers In the United States, as a sort of compromise between the avoirdupois and metric systems, a ton is taken as 2000 lbs. A Text-book of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines. It had been presented to him by Harmony Lodge, 122, at the conclusion of his term of office as National Grand Corresponding Secretary, and it weighed about eight ounces avoirdupois. Abe and Mawruss Being Further Adventures of Potash and Perlmutter An ounce avoirdupois is nearly equal to thirty grammes. The Girl's Own Paper, Vol. VIII, No. 355, October 16, 1886 It was resolved, therefore, to continue the use of troy-weight for drugs, bullion, &c. and to raise the avoirdupois on its basis. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 437 Volume 17, New Series, May 15, 1852 "Let go, Mr. Passford," whispered Flint, when he realized that his avoirdupois was too much for the young officer. Within The Enemy's Lines From the facts given in this chapter, calculate in pounds avoirdupois, the approximate weight of a talent. Hebrew Life and Times Bat was round-faced and sleepy-eyed—tortoise-shell eyes—and all that prevented his suit from looking positively slovenly was that his own ample avoirdupois filled every wrinkle. The Freebooters of the Wilderness Mrs. Dr. Little sailed away from the little group in as dignified a manner as a lady of nearly two hundred avoirdupois could be expected to do, as she threw in this remark. Clemence The Schoolmistress of Waveland It is believed that the units above mentioned—the yard, the pound avoirdupois, and the imperial gallon—cannot now be superseded by any other. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 437 Volume 17, New Series, May 15, 1852 In the kitchen, Ma Graham still presided, her accumulated avoirdupois seeming to have been gathered at the expense of her lord, who in equal ratio thinner and more weazened, danced attendance as of old. Ben Blair The Story of a Plainsman The shekel was equal to about an ounce, in our modern avoirdupois system. Hebrew Life and Times At one time, several years ago, he feared a tendency to avoirdupois, and instantly undertook a stern but successful bulk-reducing regimen. Sir John French An Authentic Biography Perhaps the light hearts and buoyant spirits of the party lessened their avoirdupois and the tonnage was actually less than it seemed! The Bay State Monthly, Volume 3, No. 5 She had so far successfully fought down an hereditary tendency to avoirdupois. By the Light of the Soul A Novel In justice to her physique, I must say that this was not according to avoirdupois measure!! but figurative. Juliana Horatia Ewing And Her Books The winning of this prize spoke to him with greater accent than could the exploding of a sixteen-inch German gun, and it sent a quiver through his entire avoirdupois. Skookum Chuck Fables Bits of History, Through the Microscope The introduction either of the troy or avoirdupois weight into the definition of our unit, will throw that unit under the uncertainties now enveloping the troy and avoirdupois weights. Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 3 This was some trunks of wrought plate, and twenty-three serons of dollars, each weighing upwards of 200 pounds avoirdupois. Anson's Voyage Round the World The Text Reduced Our own systems, both troy and avoirdupois, are derived primarily from wheat-corns. Essays on Education and Kindred Subjects Everyman's Library It is, then, as I fawncied, and doubtless was bestowed upon me as indicative of my lack of avoirdupois. Winning His "W" A Story of Freshman Year at College His respect for Cupid had as much avoirdupois as his respect for Mars. Skookum Chuck Fables Bits of History, Through the Microscope The pound avoirdupois now in use, is an indefinite thing. Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 3 "Miss Stone's avoirdupois is forever making her trouble," laughed Helen, rather wickedly. Ruth Fielding in the Great Northwest Or, The Indian Girl Star of the Movies I can assure you that my avoirdupois is being rapidly reduced. The Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony (Volume 1 of 2) Including Public Addresses, Her Own Letters and Many From Her Contemporaries During Fifty Years Pound socials were another variety of diversion, where all the attendants were weighed on arriving and charged a cent admission for every pound of avoirdupois. The Woman Who Toils Being the Experiences of Two Gentlewomen as Factory Girls On this estimate the 94,000,000 of British subjects, men, women and children, would not individually consume more than one pound avoirdupois by the month. The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c. The true ratio between the avoirdupois and troy weights, is a very contested one. Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 3 Sabina to hover over all as a sort of Cupid, who, if somewhat "hefty" as to avoirdupois, was in all other respects a perfect little Love. Martha By-the-Day Your opinion then would have a little avoirdupois. Acton's Feud A Public School Story "And a meal to me—after it has been digested—is nothing more than a beautiful dream; and you can bet that I never gained my avoirdupois by dreaming!" Ruth Fielding on Cliff Island Or, The Old Hunter's Treasure Box By the side of his robust and stalwart friend, Cranbrook looked almost frail, and it was evident that Vincent, who felt the advantages of his superior avoirdupois, was in the habit of patronizing him. Ilka on the Hill-Top and Other Stories The equation of seven thousand grains troy to the pound avoirdupois, is only one of several opinions, and is indebted perhaps to its integral form for its prevalence. Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 3 Light writing it may be; but, considered as reading, one would be unjust to charge upon it any lack of avoirdupois. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 09, No. 51, January, 1862 The production of silver in the Altai mines is about a thousand and fifty poods annually, or forty thousand pounds avoirdupois. Overland through Asia; Pictures of Siberian, Chinese, and Tartar Life The Grays might excel by ratio of five to three in human avoirdupois, but a willing Brown government had been generous with funds. The Last Shot Miserable! thrice miserable he, who is forever turning over and over one's character in his mind, and weighing by nice avoirdupois, the pros and the cons of his goodness and badness. Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. II Though he had not yet gathered that avoirdupois which is associated with the dignity of office, there was in his square young frame an undeniable promise. The Rim of the Desert The Dutch traders were scrupulously honest in their dealings, and purchased by weight, establishing it as an invariable table of avoirdupois that the hand of a Dutchman weighed one pound, and his foot two pounds. Knickerbocker's History of New York, Complete The double doors in front of the altar are of solid silver, and said to weigh two thousand pounds avoirdupois. Overland through Asia; Pictures of Siberian, Chinese, and Tartar Life The photograph was made last December, when I was, so to speak, at my perihelion in the matter of avoirdupois. Eugene Field, a Study in Heredity and Contradictions — Volume 2 The fat woman in the side-show is arrogant over her avoirdupois; the debutante glories in her slender waist; and the globe-trotter triumphs in the miles he has travelled. The New North The loss is almost irreparable, estimated at not less than 2,000 pounds, avoirdupois. A Collection of College Words and Customs The long Naval oar is surprisingly full of avoirdupois weight. Dave Darrin's First Year at Annapolis The hard work of lifting so much avoirdupois, and possibly, also, the novelty of supporting so much handsome fellow, intensified all her hues. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 09, No. 52, February, 1862 We recognize the severe justice of an ideal avoirdupois in literary criticism. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 06, No. 33, July, 1860 "To unsophisticated ears, 21 stone 6 pounds sounds infinitely less than three hundred pounds, which weight is a fair average of the avoirdupois density of the Sir Tunbelly Clumsies of the middle and upper classes." Lands of the Slave and the Free Cuba, the United States, and Canada At the same time her father decided that there was no reason why her pitiful shortage of avoirdupois should be candidly advertised. The Slim Princess The sterling is increasing by leaps and bounds; the avoirdupois is not even stationary. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, February 12, 1919 English avoirdupois, costing from one dollar and three-quarters to two dollars and a half. A Woman's Journey Round the World She drew near the mirror, attempting to see the reflection of the tinsel and chiffon against her very ample background of gingham and avoirdupois. Polly of the Circus And on that other part, in the Isle of Cathay, men find all manner thing that is need to man - cloths of gold, of silk, of spicery and all manner avoirdupois. The Travels of Sir John Mandeville As a matter of fact Abigail Prim detested Samuel Benham because he represented to her everything in life which she shrank from—age, avoirdupois, infirmity, baldness, stupidity, and matrimony. The Oakdale Affair He never before had been spoken to in any such fashion—at least not since he had put on the avoirdupois of manhood. The Mucker The most obvious thing about my friends is their avoirdupois; and I prefer that they should wear their own cloaks and suffer me to wear mine. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 59, September, 1862 It should not be confused with avoirdupois weight, however, because its pound contains only 12 ounces, whereas the avoirdupois pound contains 16 ounces. Woman's Institute Library of Cookery Volume 1: Essentials of Cookery; Cereals; Bread; Hot Breads The women are generally squatty and fat, and the greater a woman’s avoirdupois the more beautiful is she considered. The Long Labrador Trail Must not weigh less than five or more than five and one-quarter ounces avoirdupois, and measure not less than nine nor more than nine and one-quarter inches in circumference. Spalding's Baseball Guide and Official League Book for 1889 He had restless, quick eyes, and, before his "ex" life began and his avoirdupois gained upon him, restless, quick fingers with steel springs inside of them—good fingers for handling the particular people he "wanted." The Under Dog He showed me the proceeds of his last week's work-- fourteen pounds avoirdupois of clean-washed gold. The Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains, Oregon and California To which is Added a Description of the Physical Geography of California, with Recent Notices of the Gold Region from the Latest and Most Authentic Sources Each, in the divine plan, is to be a ruler in the universe, not a "mollusk with aimless revery;" he is to be a man with vitality, not "dead matter known only as avoirdupois." A Fleece of Gold; Five Lessons from the Fable of Jason and the Golden Fleece "But I don't look as if I had lost any avoirdupois," said Jack, glancing at his round limbs. A Columbus of Space Still, if it must be, I will stipulate to read a quantity not exceeding fifty-six pounds avoirdupois by weight or eighteen reams by measure or "tale,"—provided there is no locomotion in the case. A Study of Hawthorne The instrument, being put on delicate coin scales and counterbalanced, weights equal to 1.8947 lb. avoirdupois = 1 lb. Scientific American Supplement, No. 358, November 11, 1882 And the mountain of flesh would be lifted—it was carried as lightly by the finely-feathered legs and the broad haunches as if the firm avoirdupois were so much gossamer tissue. In and out of Three Normady Inns His poetry may be collectively studied in one volume of appalling avoirdupois, published in 1916. The Advance of English Poetry in the Twentieth Century I'm afraid, Jack, that they are too intelligent to believe that a person of your avoirdupois could walk on the clouds. A Columbus of Space Such, at least, is the interpretation of Percy Mackaye, who in his play, The Canterbury Pilgrims, derives the heartiest enjoyment from Chaucer's woe lest his avoirdupois may affect Madame Eglantine unfavorably. The Poet's Poet : essays on the character and mission of the poet as interpreted in English verse of the last one hundred and fifty years A first requisite is a cup or vessel of convenient form, capable of holding a suitable quantity of water, say about two pounds avoirdupois. Scientific American Supplement, No. 358, November 11, 1882 Every ounce of Bob's avoirdupois was in a rage. Over the Pass When the seed has been threshed out and cleaned, it is weighed, and the ryot or cultivator gets four rupees for every maund—a maund being eighty pounds avoirdupois. Sport and Work on the Nepaul Frontier Twelve Years Sporting Reminiscences of an Indigo Planter The quantity in the text, reduced to avoirdupois weight, amounts to twenty-eight hogsheads, at sixteen hundred weight each.--Astl. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 02 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time No, no; up you go: fat or lean: Lambert or Edson: never mind how much avoirdupois you might weigh. White Jacket or, the World on a Man-of-War These aërial journeys may be foretastes of those we shall make after we are freed from the incumbrance of avoirdupois. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 11, September, 1858 It is iron, perfectly round, two and a quarter inches in diameter, and weighs 22 oz. avoirdupois. Voyages of Samuel De Champlain — Volume 02 It seems humanly reasonable that the three of us can woman-handle a mere man of your elderly and insulting avoirdupois. The Little Lady of the Big House The pecul is said to weigh 5 1/2 pounds avoirdupois: Consequently the smaller bahar is equal to 16 1/2, and the larger to 24 3/4 English pounds. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 02 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time We see the scrupulously "honest" Dutch traders buying furs from the Indians, using an invariable scale of avoirdupois weights, a Dutchman's hand in the scale opposite the furs weighing one pound, his foot two pounds. History of American Literature By the weight of a bow is not meant its avoirdupois, but the force necessary to draw the arrow to its head on the bow. Entertainments for Home, Church and School This might prove of advantage to them in certain mass plays, where their machine could mow down all opposition through sheer avoirdupois. Jack Winters' Gridiron Chums It's not our weight in avoirdupois that drags us down. From Jest to Earnest He even went in for a savage system of training, calculated to reduce his avoirdupois. Her Weight in Gold Those things sound well, but they are shadowy and indefinite, like troy weight and avoirdupois; nobody knows what they mean. Following the Equator, Part 3 A hard fragment of the red stuff, measuring a couple of inches across and weighing about three ounces avoirdupois, rust-red in colour with purple streaks and yellow mottlings, is now lying before me. Afoot in England The officer is valuable for his dignity, avoirdupois, "bracelets," and other accessories. Courts and Criminals You are in the right to care so little for a world where there is no measure but avoirdupois. The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 4 If you reduce it to a mere question of avoirdupois, please be so good as to remember that even greater differences exist among men. St. Elmo When you buy a pound of a drug and the man asks you which you want, troy or avoirdupois, it is best to say "Yes," and shift the subject. Following the Equator, Part 3 On the counter, among other things, was a perspiring yellow mass, retailed under the name of butter; its destiny hovered between avoirdupois and the measure of capacity. Thyrza The ladies' coloured muslin dresses, mentioned in the table subjoined, cost ten shillings per dress, and each weigh six ounces; the cotton from which they are made weighing nearly six and two-ninth ounces avoirdupois weight. On the Economy of Machinery and Manufactures It was as if hope had been a thing of avoirdupois, and when taken away had caused a shrinkage. The Barrier Unfortunately at that time I had no weighing machine, therefore it was impossible to judge the weight with accuracy, but we computed that the fat alone amounted to 70 lbs. avoirdupois. Wild Beasts and Their Ways, Reminiscences of Europe, Asia, Africa and America — Volume 1 Twelve copper pence contain half a pound avoirdupois of copper, of not the best quality, which, before it is coined, is seldom worth seven-pence in silver. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations I was at a standstill for 3 days and a half, but during the last 24 hours I have gained nearly an ounce, avoirdupois. Mark Twain's Letters — Volume 2 (1867-1875) I am guiltily conscious that "Back Home" is not up to standard either in avoirdupois heft or the power to unfit a man for business. Back Home He was never unkind or abrupt, but he went on adding avoirdupois until her will gave way under the sheer weight. Father and Son: a study of two temperaments Johnny's heart was stout, his courage unlimited, his perception all-embracing, his ambition boundless; but his actual avoirdupois was only that of a boy of ten. Openings in the Old Trail One hundred and twenty-eight avoirdupois is approximately a proper standard. Recollections and Letters of General Robert E. Lee Lan.—A weight of silver or gold equivalent to about one-eleventh of a Russian pound, or 9/110ths of a pound avoirdupois. Beasts, Men and Gods It was an easy herd to show, for the pounds avoirdupois were there. The Outlet A man has to stand up in God's sight and work up to his weight avoirdupois; then I'll talk to him, but not before. The Ebb-Tide Did you ever,' he says, 'feel the avoirdupois power of gold—not the troy weight of it, but the sixteen-ounces-to-the-pound force of it?' Options Two of them in a scale, weighed down just one copper halfpenny, which is about a third of an ounce avoirdupois: so that I suppose they are the smallest quadrupeds in this island. The Natural History of Selborne He coolly picked Lucinda up in his arms, as if she had been a child instead of a full grown woman of no mean avoirdupois, and began to wade with her through the water. Chronicles of Avonlea The quantity of each of the ingredients contained in one portion of soup is as follows: In avoirdupois weight. Essays; Political, Economical, and Philosophical — Volume 1 In a pound of dry rushes, avoirdupois, which I caused to be weighed and numbered, we found upwards of one thousand six hundred individuals. The Natural History of Selborne All these accounts are in avoirdupois weight, and Irish money. Essays; Political, Economical, and Philosophical — Volume 1 |
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