mangelin

English

Noun

mangelin (plural mangelins)

(India, obsolete or historical) A weight used to weigh precious stones, weighing more than a carat, usually 1¾ carats.
- 1687, Jean de Thévenot, Archibald Lovell, The Travels Of Monsieur De Thevenot Into The Levant, volume 3, page 98:
  The chief weight of Diamonds, is the Mangelin; it weighs five Grains and three fifths, and the Carat weighs only four grains, and five Mangelins make seven Carats.

Anagrams

meanling, nameling

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