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Auncel - Wikipedia
The auncel was a steelyard balance scale formerly used in England. It consisted of a rod with the fulcrum near one end and a weight that could be moved ...
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AUNCEL Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
The meaning of AUNCEL is a medieval English balance for weighing or a weight used in medieval England.
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auncel - Middle English Compendium - University of Michigan
1. (a) A kind of balance or scale (prob. a steelyard) used for weighing [banned by law as lending itself easily to deception; see quots. 1351, 1429, 1439]
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auncel
† ˈauncel Obs. Forms: 4–5 aunser(e, auncere, aunselle, 5–7 auncel(le, 6–7 ancel, 7 awnsel. [a. AF. aunselle, auncelle, apparently for launcelle (l- having been mistaken for the article), ad. It. lancella a little balance, dim. of lance balance:—L. lanx, lancem, a plate, a scale of a balance. So call...
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auncel, n. meanings, etymology and more | Oxford English Dictionary
auncel is of multiple origins. Probably partly a borrowing from Latin. Partly a borrowing from French. Etymons: Latin ancera, ancella; French aunselle.
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auncel - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
This entry needs pronunciation information. If you are familiar with the IPA or enPR then please add some! Noun. edit. auncel (plural auncels). A crude balance ...
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Meaning of AUNCEL | New Word Proposal | Collins English Dictionary
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.
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"AUNCEL": Unequal-armed medieval portable balance - OneLook
Usually means: Unequal-armed medieval portable balance. Definitions Related words Mentions History Easter eggs. We found 13 dictionaries that define the ...
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AUNCEL WEIGHT - The Law Dictionary
An ancient mode of weighing, described by Cowell as “a kind of weight with scales hanging, or hooks fastened to each end of a staff, which a man, lifting up ...
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Fast, Approximate Vector Queries on Very Large Unstructured ...
This paper presents Auncel, a vector query engine for large unstructured datasets that provides bounded query errors and bounded query latencies.
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auncel - definition and meaning - Wordnik
auncel: A kind of balance for weighing anciently used in England, apparently that variety of the steelyard commonly known as the Danish steelyard, ...
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Ansell (surname)
It may also be a metonym for scale maker or seller, from the Middle English auncel, aunsell, or auncer.
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pounder
▪ I. † ˈpounder, n.1 Obs. Forms: 5 pounder, pondre, punder. [app. f. pound n.1; perh. in reference to the fact that the auncel had at its end a knob of a pound weight as a counterpoise (see quot. a 1640 in auncel). But it is also possible that the word in the form pondre was immediately from L. pond...
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Grain (unit)
Avoirdupois (goods of weight) refers to those things measured by the lesser but quicker balances: the bismar or auncel, the Roman balance, and the steelyard
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