"pollum" meaning in English

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    {
      "form": "pollums",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
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      "expansion": "pollum (plural pollums)",
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
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        },
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          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Metrology",
          "orig": "en:Metrology",
          "parents": [
            "Applied sciences",
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            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
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        },
        {
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          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Units of measure",
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            "Metrology",
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            "Applied sciences",
            "Mathematics",
            "Sciences",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1799 April 1, James Anderson, Recreations in Agriculture, Natural-History, Arts, and Miscellaneous Literature, page 6",
          "text": "For this kind of work, and for the quantity of lime above mentioned, about ten pollums (the pollum ten pagodas weight) of sugar is commonly used.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1831, P. Kelly, The Universal Cambist and Commercial Instructor",
          "text": "In the District south of Quilon to Tavallay, a Five Pollum weight is used for weighing cotton, thread, tamarinds, jagherry, &c. which weight answers to 5848.3 gr. and is thus divided […]",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A historic unit of weight used in India, equal to 1 ounce plus 3.25 drams."
      ],
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          "metrology",
          "metrology"
        ],
        [
          "ounce",
          "ounce"
        ],
        [
          "dram",
          "dram"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(metrology, obsolete) A historic unit of weight used in India, equal to 1 ounce plus 3.25 drams."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "metrology"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "pollum"
}

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    {
      "form": "pollums",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
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        "English countable nouns",
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        "en:Metrology",
        "en:Units of measure"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1799 April 1, James Anderson, Recreations in Agriculture, Natural-History, Arts, and Miscellaneous Literature, page 6",
          "text": "For this kind of work, and for the quantity of lime above mentioned, about ten pollums (the pollum ten pagodas weight) of sugar is commonly used.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1831, P. Kelly, The Universal Cambist and Commercial Instructor",
          "text": "In the District south of Quilon to Tavallay, a Five Pollum weight is used for weighing cotton, thread, tamarinds, jagherry, &c. which weight answers to 5848.3 gr. and is thus divided […]",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
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        "A historic unit of weight used in India, equal to 1 ounce plus 3.25 drams."
      ],
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        [
          "metrology",
          "metrology"
        ],
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          "ounce",
          "ounce"
        ],
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        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(metrology, obsolete) A historic unit of weight used in India, equal to 1 ounce plus 3.25 drams."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "metrology"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "pollum"
}