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Ancient Lengths and Weights Uncovered
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- 1. Unit of length based on the width of the hand
- 3. Unit of length based on the size of a barleycorn
- 6. Small unit of length, width of a finger
- 7. Tiny unit of weight, named after cereal seeds
- 8. A small length measure, 5.5 yards
- 12. Distance from thumb to little finger spread out
- 14. An ancient measure of length from elbow to fingertip
- 16. Old measure of length, roughly the length of an arm
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- 2. An old measure for distance, roughly three miles
- 4. Ancient Greek unit of weight
- 5. Old unit of distance, about 220 yards
- 9. A long measure of distance, 66 feet
- 10. Unit used to measure height of horses
- 11. Unit of weight equal to 14 pounds
- 13. An ancient measure of length in the Mediterranean
- 15. Old unit of weight used in England
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