(a) A variable unit of quantity for commodities sold by weight; a standard measure (of cheese, coal, salt, etc.); the wei, per unit
(b) ?a unit of weight equal to a pound;
(c) ?the process of……
A plant, perh. burnet saxifrage Pimpinella saxifraga; ?also, variously and indistinguishably, scarlet pimpernel Anagallis arvensis or great burnet Sanguisorba officinalis; ?also, one of the saxifrages……
