Apothecaries' Pound (Noun)
Meaning
An apothecary weight equal to 12 ounces or 373.242 grams.
Classification
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure.
Examples
- The recipe called for a quarter of an apothecaries' pound of dried herbs to be mixed with the other ingredients.
- She carefully measured out an apothecaries' pound of powdered silver nitrate on the old balance scale.
- The instructions instructed him to add half an apothecaries' pound of rosewater to the concoction.
- The apothecary's apprentice was tasked with weighing out an apothecaries' pound of sodium carbonate for the laboratory experiment.
- The original recipe used an apothecaries' pound of dragon's blood to give the potion its distinctive color and properties.