The Collaborative International Dictionary
Auncel
Auncel \Aun"cel\, n.
A rude balance for weighing, and a kind of weight, formerly
used in England.
--Halliwell.
Wiktionary
auncel
n. A crude balance for weighing, and a kind of weight, formerly used in England.
Wikipedia
Auncel
The auncel ( or , "little balance") was a balance scale formerly used in England. It was banned by Edward III in 1350.
In some British dialects, it is used for the informal weighing of meat by hand instead of by scales.