PEN'NYWEIGHT, noun A troy weight containing twenty four grains, each grain being equal in weight to a grain of wheat from the middle of the ear, well dried. It was anciently the weight of a silver penny, whence the name. Twenty penny-weights make an ounce troy.
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Webster's Dictionary 1828
American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.