Troy
[trɒɪ] or [trɔɪ]
Definition
(noun.) an ancient city in Asia Minor that was the site of the Trojan War.
(noun.) a system of weights used for precious metals and gemstones; based on a 12-ounce pound and an ounce of 480 grains.
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Definition
(n.) Troy weight.
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Examples
- Possibly not; but that woman is Helena of Melnos, not of Troy. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- Troy's fallen, and Helen dead,—so Paris loses The game which Ate's cursed fruit began. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- The silver, at sixty two shillings the pound troy, amounts to ? 3,413,431:10s. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- This Helena will be an apple of discord, as was her predecessor of Troy. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- Phelps of Troy, New York, and which was subsequently adopted by the French government, by the United Kingdom Telegraph Co. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- The gold, at forty-four guineas and a half the pound troy, amounts to ? 2,333,446:14s. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- And in this double form he has cast the entire narrative of the events which occurred at Troy and in Ithaca and throughout the Odyssey. Plato. The Republic.
- No; our Medea is no sorceress, but a daughter of Venus, the modern Helen of Troy. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- Your name is Helena: you are, I doubt not, as fair as she of Troy, so beware lest your beauty be as fatal to Melnos as it was to Ilium. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- Achilles, and Helen of Troy. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- The _Iliad_ makes it clear that destruction came upon Troy because the Trojans stole Greek women. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- A lamp casts the broad shadow of the sleeping warrior flickering on the wall--the sword and shield of Troy glitter in its light. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- If Menelaus had been ruler of Lutetia, Helen would never have been persuaded to leave it for a dull provincial town like Troy. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- Troy swam in tears. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Helena, you are no moon-goddess, but your namesake of Troy—the world's desire. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
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