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caratUnit for measuring the mass of precious stones; it is equal to 0.2 g/0.00705 oz, and is part of the troy system of weights. Originally, one carat was the weight of a carob seed. |
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We've hit the trail together afore now, and he's eighteen carat from his moccasins up, damn his mangy old hide, anyway. The furniture of the narrow chamber of death we had just visited weighed six millions of francs in ounces and carats alone, without a penny thrown into the account for the costly workmanship bestowed upon them As for the third chest, it was only about a fourth full, but the stones were all picked ones; none less than twenty carats, and some of them as large as pigeon-eggs. |
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