Also 8 solothnic, solotnik, -nick. [Russ. золотникъ, f. золото zoloto gold.] A Russian unit of weight, 1/96 of the funt or Russian pound.
1783. Martyn, in Geogr. Mag., II. 40. Russia has some weights peculiar to itself: such as a solothnic, which is one-sixth of an ounce.
1799. W. Tooke, View Russ. Emp., II. 532. The solotnik is only reckoned at 191/2 kopecks, whereas the solotnik of gold is valued at 2 rubles 50 kopecks.
1919. Petrie, in Man, XIX. 80. It [the Russian and Irak pound] was divided into 96 zolotniks, which were equal to the Attic drachma.
