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                  Sa Sc Se Sh Si Sl So Sp St Su Sy
                  Sta Ste Sti Sto

                  stone

                  measure of Scots weight. In Scots weight 16 pounds made a stone (from the word ‘stone’, i.e. a small piece of rock), although the avoirdupois stone was divided into 14 pounds. For further details, see Weights.