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Smallest Measure Of Weight In Avoirdupois Crossword Clue

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noun

• a relatively small granular particle of a substance

• foodstuff prepared from the starchy grains of cereal grasses

• the side of leather from which the hair has been removed

• a weight unit used for pearls or diamonds: 50 mg or 1/4 carat

• 1/60 dram; equals an avoirdupois grain or 64.799 milligrams

• 1/7000 pound; equals a troy grain or 64.799 milligrams

• dry seed-like fruit produced by the cereal grasses: e.g. wheat, barley, Indian corn

• a cereal grass

• the smallest possible unit of anything

• the direction, texture, or pattern of fibers found in wood or leather or stone or in a woven fabric

• the physical composition of something (especially with respect to the size and shape of the small constituents of a substance)

verb

• thoroughly work in

• paint (a surface) to make it look like stone or wood

• form into grains

• become granular

46%5Measure of weight in avoirdupois system
noun

• A seizure of property etc in lieu of a debt; the animal or property so seized

verb

• To seize property in this manner

38%4 A unit of weight equal to 1/7000 of a avoirdupois pound
noun

• the mother of your father or mother

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