uncia

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V. both readings, uncia or nucia are permissible, and make very little difference.

From Cookery and Dining in Imperial Rome by Vehling, Joseph Dommers

"Dicat films Albini: si de quincunce remota est uncia, quid superat? poteras dixisse." "triens." "eu! rem poteris servare tuam."

From Social life at Rome in the Age of Cicero by Fowler, W. Warde

Another is made of half a libra of brick dust, a third of a libra of rock salt, an uncia and a half of vitriol, and one uncia of saltpetre.

From De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 by Agricola, Georgius

If, however, the copper contains some lead, add one uncia of lead; if it contains iron, add two unciae.

From De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 by Agricola, Georgius

The Moslem system is evidently borrowed from the Roman "as" and "uncia."

From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 03 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir