Definition of "half pound" []

• 8 ounces avoirdupois (noun)

WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.

• "Over the next several days they bartered the coffee by the half pound and by the nogginful to neighbors, keeping back only ten pounds for their own use."
• "She called Ruby and they immediately filled the roaster and parched a half pound over the fire and ground it and then brewed up the first real coffee either of them had had in over a year."
• "One of Sacramentos finest has just discovered a half pound of 90 percent pure crystal methamphetamine."