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An auncel (from the Anglo-Fr. auncelle, a confused derivation from l'auncelle, Ital. lancella, "a little balance"), is a balance formerly used in England; now, in dialectical use, a term for the weighing of meat by hand instead of by scales.
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This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed (1911). Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
