Definition of Troy

Troy
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Noun
1. an ancient city in Asia Minor that was the site of the Trojan War
(synonym) Ilion, Ilium
(hypernym) city, metropolis, urban center
(part-holonym) Asia Minor, Anatolia
(member-meronym) Trojan, Dardan, Dardanian

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Noun
1. a system of weights used for precious metals and gemstones; based on a 12-ounce pound and an ounce of 480 grains
(synonym) troy weight
(hypernym) system of weights, weight
(part-meronym) troy unit

troy
  tory

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troy
\troy\ (?), n. troy weight.
troy
weight, the weight which gold and silver, jewels, and the like, are weighed. it was so named from troyes, in france, where it was first adopted in europe. the troy ounce is supposed to have been brought from cairo during the crusades. in this weight the pound is divided into 12 ounces, the ounce into 20 pennyweights, and the pennyweight into 24 grains; hence, the troy ounce contains 480 grains, and the troy pound contains 5760 grains. the avoirdupois pound contains 7000 troy grains; so that 175 pounds troy equal 144 pounds avoirdupois, or 1 pound troy = 0.82286 of a pound avoirdupois, and 1 ounce troy = 1&frac17x175; or 1.09714 ounce avoirdupois. troy weight when divided, the pound into 12 ounces, the ounce into 8 drams, the dram into 3 scruples, and the scruple into 20 grains, is called apothecaries' weight, used in weighing medicines, etc. in the standard weights of the united states, the troy ounce is divided decimally down to the &frac1x10000; part.
troy
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1. a system of weights used for precious metals and gemstones; based on a 12-ounce pound and an ounce of 480 grains [syn: troy weight]


2. an ancient city in asia minor that was the site of the trojan war [syn: troy, ilion, ilium]

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Troy, Trojans Since Schliemann rediscovered at Hissarlik the several superincumbent sites of ancient Troy, there has been increasing reason for placing confidence in the historicity of what have been regarded as fables. The Trojan War, for instance, is now known to be a historical fact, although according to The Secret Doctrine it should be dated much earlier than the 1200 BC or so at present allowed by archaeology. In Isis Unveiled the Homeric account of this war is described as a Greek counterpart of the Ramayana. Allegory and fact are curiously mixed in such narrations, but it is well known that mythoi were originally and intentionally built on a basis of former factual occurrences.
Ragon, in his defense of the antiquity of Masonry, recalls the statements of classical writers that Neptune and Apollo offered themselves to Laomedon as masons "to build the city" of Troy, a well-known expression symbolically interpreted as meaning to establish a religious cult or Mystery school. Troy lay in a strategic position in regard to the trade routes of the ancient world and relics from distant lands prove that it was an active center of traffic. Even the first city, built in what archaeologists call the Neolithic period, was a strong and dominant center. Excavations at the lowest level revealed a great fortified wall with two towers and a stone carving of a human face, antedating by some 18 centuries the Troy of which Homer sang and which was the seventh city of the nine, counting upwards, that successively occupied the same site.

Helen
Helen, Helena (of Troy) Beautiful daughter of Zeus and Leda, sister of Castor and Pollox (the Dioscuri) and of Clytemnestra; wife of Menelaus, king of Sparta. Seduced by Paris aided by Aphrodite, she went with him to Troy, and the Trojan War was fought to regain her because the Trojans would not give her up. After the Greek victory she returned to Sparta with Menelaus, and they lived happily together. { }

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Troy
New York-United States of America + 1-518

Troy
An Irish Quidditch Team member.

TROY
Troy Group, Inc.
Exchange: Nasdaq
Provides on-demand distributive printing and imaging solutions, and products such as laser printers, impact printers and related consumables, including toners and ribbons.

TRYF
Troy Financial Corporation
Exchange: Nasdaq
Savings and loan holding company with subsidiary which performs savings bank operations, trust services, investment banking, mortgage banking, insurance services and other related financial activities.

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