Carat (Ff charect and charract); 1) the weight used by goldsmiths: “how much your chain weighs to the utmost c., the fineness of the gold, and chargeful fashion,” Err. IV, 1, 28. 2) the weight that expresses the fineness of gold: “other gold less fine in c.” H4B IV, 5, 162.
Shakespeare Lexicon. Alexander Schmidt. Berlin. Georg Reimer. 1902.
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