Explore the lost world of antiquated measurement units once used across history in this crossword puzzle.
Forgotten Measures: Ancient Units Revealed
Explore the world of obsolete measurement units that once shaped trade, land, and time before the modern standards prevailed.
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- 1. Obsolete unit of liquid volume in medieval times
- 2. An old weight unit equal to 28 pounds in some contexts
- 3. French decimal unit once used for currency and measures
- 5. Unit of length equal to 16.5 feet, also called a perch
- 7. Historic unit of length used for measuring cloth
- 9. Old English unit of distance, about 220 yards
- 13. Traditional Russian measure of length
- 16. British unit of mass, traditionally 14 pounds
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- 4. Ancient Greek unit of weight and currency
- 6. Anglo-Saxon land measurement for taxation
- 8. Small cask or barrel, originally a unit of volume
- 10. Historical French dry measure for grains
- 11. Obsolete English measure of length based on grain size
- 12. Large ancient measure of weight and money
- 14. Surveying measure equivalent to 66 feet
- 15. Scottish land measurement roughly equal to a pole
- 17. Smallest unit of mass in the troy and avoirdupois systems
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