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• Helen of Troy
  1. in ancient Greek stories, the wife of MENELAUS, the king of SPARTA . Helen was famous for her great beauty, and she is often mentioned in literature as a typical example of a very beautiful woman. When Helen's lover PARIS took her away to Troy with him, he caused the TROJAN WAR . The phrase "the face that launched a thousand ships" is often used about her, since the Greeks sailed to Troy to bring her back.
• troy ounce (noun)
  1. a unit of apothecary weight equal to 480 grains or one twelfth of a pound
• troy pound (noun)
  1. an apothecary weight equal to 12 ounces or 373.242 grams
• troy unit (noun)
  1. any of the unit of the troy system of weights
• troy weight (noun)
  1. a system of measuring weights in Britain and the US, used especially for weighing gold, silver etc
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