Explore the lost world of antiquated measurement units once used across history in this crossword puzzle.
Ancient Weights and Forgotten Scales
A crossword exploring archaic and obsolete measurement units once used around the world.
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Across
- 1. Depth measurement roughly equal to six feet
- 2. Ancient Middle Eastern weight unit
- 4. Old unit of weight for gemstones, now standardized
- 6. Old apothecary unit of weight about 1.3 grams
- 7. Old English unit of length for cloth
- 9. Smallest unit of weight in troy and avoirdupois systems
- 10. Distance roughly three miles, used in ancient navigation
Down
- 3. Unit of length equal to 66 feet, used in surveying
- 5. Large barrel capacity, often for wine or tobacco
- 8. An obsolete distance measure equal to 220 yards
- 11. Also known as perch; a length of 5.5 yards
- 12. Historic weight unit, one-fourth of a hundredweight
- 13. Unit of weight equal to 14 pounds
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