† ˈunciary, a. Obs.—1
[ad. L. unciāri-us, f. uncia uncia. Hence also F. onciaire.]
Amounting to a twelfth part. (Wrongly explained in quot.)
| 1586 T. B. La Primaud. Fr. Acad. i. 497 There was a lawe amongst the ancient Grecians and Romanes, which forbad all usurie surmounting one pennie for a hundred by the yeere, and they called it vnciarie vsurie. |