Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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PRIME, n. In Scottish Troy measure: a unit of weight used for gold and silver, consisting of one twenty-fourth of a grain.Sc. 1700 Overtures offered to Parl. 11:
But the 12 Ounces or pund Scots weighs less than the English pund, be 4 pennies, 9 grains English, or be 5 Denniers, 9 Grains and 18 primes of Scots weight.
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