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Ancient Measures and Forgotten Scales
Explore a crossword puzzle featuring obsolete units of measurement once used across history and geography.
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Across
  • 1. An old English unit of distance, equal to 220 yards
  • 2. A rare historic weight measure used in the Mediterranean
  • 3. Unit replaced by SI; originally used for mechanical work
  • 5. Scottish measure of weight, typically about 14 pounds
  • 6. An ancient Greek coin and weight unit, also spelled drachma
Down
  • 4. Large old measure for liquids, often wine or beer
  • 7. Also called a perch, a measure of length equal to 5.5 yards
  • 8. An obsolete Scandinavian unit of volume for grain
  • 9. A surveying measure of length equal to 66 feet
  • 10. A historical unit of length, commonly used for measuring cloth

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