unce

English

Etymology 1

From Latin uncia (“ounce”). See ounce (“a weight”).

Noun

unce (plural unces)

  1. (obsolete) An ounce; a small portion.
    • Chaucer
      By unces hung his locks.

Etymology 2

Latin uncus (“hook”).

Noun

unce (plural unces)

  1. A claw; an uncus.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for unce in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Anagrams

Czech

Noun

unce f

  1. ounce

Latin

Noun

unce

  1. vocative singular of uncus

Spanish

Verb

unce

  1. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of uncir.
  2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of uncir.
  3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present indicative form of uncir.
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