Ounce
a unit of weight. In troy weight, the ounce is one-twelfth of a pound, contains 20 pennyweights of 24 grains each, and is, therefore, equivalent to 480 grains. In avoirdupois weight, the ounce is the sixteenth part of a pound, and is equivalent to 437½ grains troy. Also a money of account in Morocco, valued at about six cents. In zoölogy; Felis uncia, the snow leopard; habitat, the Himalayas, at an elevation ranging from 9,000 to 18,000 feet. It is about the size of a leopard, of which it is probably an immature form; ground color pale yellowish-gray, dingy, yellowish-white beneath. The fur is thick, and it has a well marked short mane. It has never been known to attack man. known, and criminal outlawry has been obsolete since the Revolution.