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uncea

1 uncea, 1 uncia [cf. ME unce, OF once (cf. CL lynx < λύγξ)], (kind of) medium-sized wildcat, lynx, ounce. compluat imbre suo mus quod dedit uncia vulnus Neckam DS IX 275; qui a bestia que ~ea dicitur mordetur, que est lea notha M. Par. Min. I 37; 1290 qui custodierunt leonem et unc’ in Turri London’ (AcWardr) Chanc. Misc. 4/5 f. 43v; ~ia fera est sevissima, canis villatici magnitudine, facie et aure leonina, corpore, latere promisso, cauda, pede et ungue felis, aspectu truci Caius Anim. f. 2.
2 uncea v. 2 uncia

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