AVOIRDUPOIS, or Averdupois Weight, a kind of Weight used in England; the Pound whereof contains sixteen Ounces. See WEIGHT. The Proportion of a Pound Avoirdupois to a Pound Troy, is as 17 to 14. See TROY, POUND, and OUNCE. All the larger and coarser Commodities are weighed by Avoirdupois Weight; as Groceries, Cheese, Wool, Lead, Hops, etc. Bakers who live not in Corporation Towns, are to make their Bread by Avoirdupois Weight; those in Corporations by Troy Weight—The Apothecaries buy their Drugs by Avoirdupois, but sell their Medicines by Troy.
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