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  2. Units of textile measurement - Wikipedia

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    The denier is based on a natural reference: a single strand of silk is approximately one denier; a 9,000-metre strand of silk weighs about one gram. The term denier comes from the French denier, a coin of small value (worth 1 ⁄ 12 sou). Applied to yarn, a denier was held to be equal in weight to 1 ⁄ 24 ounce (1.2 g).

  3. Traditional French units of measurement - Wikipedia

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    The fractional parts of an once had different names in Apothecary measure (used in medicine) and measure of precious metals, but the fractional ratios were themselves the same: 1 once was 8 drachme (Apothecary, c.f. English dram) or gros; 1 drachme/gros was 3 scruples (Apothecary, c.f. English scruple) or deniers, and 1 scruple/denier was 24 ...

  4. Denier - Wikipedia

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    French denier (penny), a type of medieval coin; Denier (unit), a unit of linear mass density of fibers; Denier, Pas-de-Calais, France, a commune; The Deniers, a 2008 book by Canadian environmentalist Lawrence Solomon

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    It's widely believed 420 was coined in the early 1970s by a group of Californian students

  6. French denier - Wikipedia

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    The denier (/ d ə ˈ n ɪər /; Latin: denarius, Italian: denaro, Greek: δηνάριο, romanized: dinario; abbr. d. ) or penny was a medieval coin which takes its name from the Frankish coin first issued in the late seventh century; [ 1 ] in English it is sometimes referred to as a silver penny.

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  8. Twist per inch - Wikipedia

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    Handspinners use the number of twists per inch often. Because the amount of twist defines a lot about a yarn, the number of twists per inch is an important measure to recreate a yarn.

  9. What does 420 mean? Here's what to know about the 'weed ... - AOL

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    Are you "420 friendly?" Here's what to know about the term, an upcoming "holiday" celebrating marijuana, the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians' new N.C. dispensary and more.