rood |
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a crucifix; a unit of length, from 5.5 to 8 rods;
a unit of area, 40 square rods; a unit of 1 square
rod or so.
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ternion |
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a group of three, esp. of three sheets folded
in two for binding.
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tierce |
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a third of a pipe, or 42 wine gallons; a
vessel holding this quantity; (eccles.) the
third of the seven canonical hours; (fencing)
the third of eight defensive positions;
(piquet) a run of three cards of the same suit.
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tod |
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an English unit of weight, typically 28
pounds, used primarily for wool; a load; a
bushy mass, especially of ivy.
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pica |
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a sixth of an inch; a craving for unnatural
food, such as dirt.
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heer |
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an old unit of measure for yarn, about 600 yards.
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ligne |
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(Swiss watchmaking) a unit, 0.0888 inch, used
chiefly to measure the thickness of movements,
and divisible into 12 douziemes; a unit, 0.025
inch, for measuring the thickness of buttons.
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dol |
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a standardized unit of pain.
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koku |
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a Japanese dry measure, 5.12 bushels.
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grex |
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a measurement of fiber weight: grams per 10 km.
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oxgang |
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an old English land measure, an eighth of a
carucate. (also, "bovate")
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carucate |
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a measure ranging from 60 to 160 acres.
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parasang |
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a Persian measure of distance, about 3.5 miles.
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momme |
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a Japanese unit of weight, 3.75 grams.
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stere |
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a cubic meter.
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