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Formerly an allowance of two pounds in every three hundred weight after the tare and tret are subtracted; now used only in a general sense, of small deductions from the original weight.

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  1. n. Formerly an allowance of two pounds in every three hundred weight after the tare and tret are subtracted; now used only in a general sense, of small deductions from the original weight.
  2. Formerly an allowance of two pounds in every three hundred weight after the tare and tret are subtracted; now used only in a general sense, of small deductions from the original weight. [Written also clough.] McCulloch.
  3. Formerly an allowance of two pounds in every three hundredweight after the tare and tret are subtracted; now used only in ageneral sense, of small deductions from the original weight. [Writtenalso clough.] McCulloch.