"ouncil" meaning in English

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        "2": "auncel"
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  "etymology_text": "Compare ounce and auncel.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ouncils",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
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      "expansion": "ouncil (plural ouncils)",
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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          "ref": "1877, Local Government and Taxation of Towns Inquiry Commission (Ireland), “Minutes of Evidence: Naas, March 19, 1877: William Samuel Gray”, in Report, Part III (Command papers), volume C-1787, page 93, §77",
          "text": "He is our rate collector and ouncil weigh-master, and his son is our market clerk.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1891, Royal Commission on Market Rights and Tolls, “Kilmallock—Co. Limerick; Mr. J.J. O'Sullivan, merchant, examined”, in Minutes and reports on Ulster, Leinster and Munster, November 1st, 1888, to January 7th, 1889; Vol.X (Command papers), volume C-6268-IV, pages 140, §§21,136–21,137",
          "text": "You have got an ouncil?—Yes.\nWhat commodities do you weigh on that ouncil?—Hay and straw principally; mangolds and turnips.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1891, Royal Commission on Market Rights and Tolls, “Tipperary, 1st November 1889 [sic]; Mr. George Caldwell examined.”, in Minutes and reports on Ulster, Leinster and Munster, November 1st, 1888, to January 7th, 1889; Vol.X (Command papers), volume C-6268-IV, page 49, §17.938",
          "text": "Are there not some private individuals in the town having ouncils or weighbridges?",
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        "Scales for weighing produce at a market"
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        "(Ireland, obsolete) Scales for weighing produce at a market"
      ],
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        "obsolete"
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  "word": "ouncil"
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  "etymology_text": "Compare ounce and auncel.",
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  "pos": "noun",
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        "en:Measuring instruments"
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          "ref": "1877, Local Government and Taxation of Towns Inquiry Commission (Ireland), “Minutes of Evidence: Naas, March 19, 1877: William Samuel Gray”, in Report, Part III (Command papers), volume C-1787, page 93, §77",
          "text": "He is our rate collector and ouncil weigh-master, and his son is our market clerk.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "1891, Royal Commission on Market Rights and Tolls, “Kilmallock—Co. Limerick; Mr. J.J. O'Sullivan, merchant, examined”, in Minutes and reports on Ulster, Leinster and Munster, November 1st, 1888, to January 7th, 1889; Vol.X (Command papers), volume C-6268-IV, pages 140, §§21,136–21,137",
          "text": "You have got an ouncil?—Yes.\nWhat commodities do you weigh on that ouncil?—Hay and straw principally; mangolds and turnips.",
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