Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A contraction of penny-weight.

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Examples

  • Dwi'n bwriadu sgwenu pwt am Alan Moore, ond os wyt ti wedi mwynhau Watchmen, yna dwi'n siwr y byddai Wanted yn plesio.

    Comics plant mawr Dyfrig 2008

  • Un bwriad gen i oedd sgwenu pwt am bopeth celfyddydol dwi'n ei wneud - cofnodi pob record, ffilm, llyfr, drama, oriel gelf neu unrhywbeth "celfyddydol" arall sy'n mynd a rhywfaint o fy amser.

    Comics plant mawr Dyfrig 2008

  • Un bwriad gen i oedd sgwenu pwt am bopeth celfyddydol dwi'n ei wneud - cofnodi pob record, ffilm, llyfr, drama, oriel gelf neu unrhywbeth "celfyddydol" arall sy'n mynd a rhywfaint o fy amser.

    Archive 2008-02-01 Dyfrig 2008

  • Also a word of caution, your pwt penchant for purchasing snazzy race cars while living in a trailer park is NOT financially sound investment.

    Think Progress » Cheney Casts Deciding Vote to Pass Budget That Hammers the Poor 2005

  • Forks finest white metal; and both are very heavily plated with 12 pwt. pure silver to each set of knives and forks.

    Valuable Presents Given for Tobacco Tags for the Entire Year of 1902. These are Exact Fac-similes of the Tags Redeemable under Our Offer Fully Explained Inside R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company 1902

  • "Some people think that the government have obliged themselves (by saying upon the face of the bills that they shall be equal to money) to discharge them by paying silver at the rate of 17 pwt for 6s or 7s 3 per oz., the then current lawful money."

    Currency and Banking in the Province of the Massachusetts-Bay [excerpts] 1901

  • Tydw i ddim am ailadrodd, na mynd mewn i'r mater yn rhy ddwfn - pwt o flog ydi hwn, llif meddwl, nid erthygl neu gasgliad o unrhyw fath (er, mi fydd rhaid i mi drio cofnodi llysenwau fy nghenhedlaeth i yn Ysgol y Moelwyn ac ardal Stiniog yn go fuan, rwan fod y sgwrs ar Taro'r Post wedi tanio'r dychymyg cymaint).

    Blogiadur.com 2009

  • Pam yn y byd dylwn i gael fy nghorfodi agor rhaglen arbennig arall er mwyn darllen pwt o destun sy'n llai o faint, ar ran y gwybodaeth go iawn, na'r blogiad pitw yma?

    Morfablog 2009

  • 24 Grains (gr.) make 1 Pennyweight (pwt.) 20 Pennyweights make 1 Ounce (oz.) 12 Ounces make 1 Pound (pd.)

    Practical Mechanics for Boys J. S. Zerbe

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