Metric ton

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• Metric

  ·adj Relating to measurement; involving, or proceeding by, measurement. II. Metric ·adj Of or perta...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Ton

  ·- ·pl of Toe. II. Ton ·noun A measure of weight or quantity. III. Ton ·noun The weight of twenty ...

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• ton

  , or tun [from the Anglo-Saxon tunne]. In commerce, 20 cwt., or 2240 lbs., but in the cubical cont...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• ton for ton and man for man

  A phrase implying that ships sailing as consorts, ought fairly to divide whatever prize they take. ...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• Electro-metric

  ·adj ·Alt. of Electro-metrical. ...

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• Metric system

  ·- ·see <<Metric>>, ·adj. ...

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• Assay ton

  ·add. ·- A weight of 29.166 + grams used in assaying, for convenience. Since it bears the same relat...

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• Bon ton

  ·- The height of the fashion; fashionable society. ...

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• Foot ton

  ·add. ·- A unit of energy or work, being equal to the work done in raising one ton against the force...

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• Ton mile

  ·add. ·- A unit of measurement of the freight transportation performed by a railroad during a given ...

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• Ton mileage

  ·add. ·- Ton miles collectively; ·esp., the total ton miles performed by a railroad in a given perio...

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• t'on-end

  upright. It mult be set a t'on end. My wife keeps a t'on end yet : i. e. she is not brought to bed y...

  A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose

• t'on t'other

  one another. Derb. ...

  A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose

• Three Ton Alley

  In Long Lane (P.C. 1732). Not named in the maps. ...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• Three Ton Alley, Ivy Lane

  See Ship Alley and Three Tuns Alley, Court, Newgate Street. ...

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