unce

See ounce.

unce (plural unces)

1. Early Modern spelling of ounce.
   • 1562, [Girolamo Ruscelli], anonymous translator, The thyrde and last parte of the Secretes of the reuerende Master Alexis of Piemont […]‎^[1], folio 3^r:

     TAke the oyle of Castoreum two vnces, oyle roset, and oyle of better Almondes of eche an vnce, of Aqua vite two vnces, mingle al together and seeth it vntill the Aqua vite be consumed.

   • 1563, Thomas Gale, Certaine VVorkes of Chirugerie […]‎^[2], folio 53^v:

     […] and when you wil vse it, take of this pouder, iij. Vnces, of Bole armoniack half an vnce, of Puluis alcamisticus one vnce.

   • 1572, John Jones, The Bathes of Bathes Ayde […]‎^[3], folio 32^r:

     […] of the séedes of Anise, and cumine, eche one vnce, raysons the stones piked oute, a handfull, boyle all these in a sufficient quantitie […]

• Cuen

• IPA^(key): [ˈunt͡sɛ]

unce f

1. ounce

• “unce”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “unce”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

unce

1. vocative singular of uncus

unce

1. Alternative form of ounce

unce

1. inflection of uncir:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative