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t. & auxil. [Properly the pa. t. of owe (q. v.), but now used indifferently and without change of form as a present or past tense, and as a past participle.] A. As a transitive verb: I. As the pa. t. of owe: ours ôu-lor-rha-gy, subst. [ Gr.oulon =the gum, and rhage a bursting through. Pathol.: Bleeding from the gums. Gunçe (1), *unce, s. [O. Fr. unce (Fr.once), from Lat. uncia =(1) an ounce. (2) an inch.] [INCH.] I. Literally : 1. A unit of weight. In Troy weight, the ounce is the twelfth part of a pound, and contains twenty pennyweights of twenty-four grains each, and is, therefore, equivalent to 480 grains. In avoirdupois weight, the ounce is the sixteenth part of a pound, and is equivalent to 4371⁄2 grains Troy. 2. A money of account in Morocco, valued about six cents. II. Fig .: A very small quantity; the smallest quantity. Sunçe (2), s . [Fr. once ; Port. onça ; Sp. onza; Ital. lonza (prob. l'onza). Most probably all the forms are nasalized from the Persian name of the animal; cf. Pers. yúz =a panther. ( Skeat .)] Zool.: Felis uncia , the Snow Leopard. Habitat, the Him a lay as, at an elevation ranging from 9,000 to 18,000 feet. It is about the size of a leopard, of which it is probably an immature form; ground color pale yellowish-gray, dingy yellowish-white beneath. The fur is thick, and it has a well-marked short mane. It has never been known to attack man. "Bears, tigers, ounces, pards, Gambolled before them."- Milton : P. L., iv. 344. *Ounde, s . [Fr. onde , from Lat. und a =a wave.] Work waving up and down; a kind of lace; a curl. ( Hall i well .) *ound-iě, *ound-ed, *ound-ing, ownd-iě, adj . [OUNDE.) Waving; like a wave or waves. ( Chaucer : House of Fame , iii.)