SC - Goat roast help requested
D. Clay-Disparti
Clay at talstar.com
Sat Apr 24 10:40:36 PDT 1999
- -Poster: Jean Holtom <Snowfire at mail.snet.net>
>> The Pepperer's Guild lists it for $$6.00/dwt. I don't know what a dwt is.
>>
>> Hope this helps
>> ~Maedb
>>
>dwt or pwt = pennyweight = 1/20 Troy ounce = approx. 1.555 grams
Because d is the way we used to denote pennies in the old pre-decimal British
currency - Four shillings and three pence (or "threpence" as it was
pronounced) would be written 4s 3d (or 4/3 "four and three").
Bring back the old money!
Elysant
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