This U.K. measure of 14 U.S. pounds has also been used for 16 pounds of cheese
The American pound cake 
was originally so-called, because it used a pound each of its main ... stone, lb, 
6.35 kg, 14 lb = 1 stone, The British weigh themselves in stone and the 
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