Meaning of ouncil | Babel Free

Definitions

Scales for weighing produce at a market

Ireland, obsolete

Examples

“He is our rate collector and ouncil weigh-master, and his son is our market clerk.”

“You have got an ouncil?—Yes. What commodities do you weigh on that ouncil?—Hay and straw principally; mangolds and turnips.”

“Are there not some private individuals in the town having ouncils or weighbridges?”

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