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This is a very traditional measure of weight, equal to 14 pounds. It must have originated in mediaeval times, when iron weights were not generally available. In local markets you can imagine traders using stones of this size for measuring produce, and you can also imagine disputes over the relative size of stones! The stone = 14 lb is still used customarily in the UK for personal weight, it's convenient to say an average man is about 13 stone whilst 15 or more is heavy. In the US the stone has dropped out of use, it would have been used by early colonists but I don't know when it was abandoned.
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