Explore a crossword focused on rare and archaic units of measurement from history and culture.
Forgotten Measures of Ancient Weights
A crossword exploring obscure and historical measurement units rarely known today.
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- 1. A very small unit of cross-sectional area used in nuclear physics
- 2. A British unit of weight equal to 28 pounds
- 3. An old English unit of distance equal to 220 yards
- 5. A surveying measurement equal to 66 feet
- 8. A Greek and Apothecaries' unit of weight, about 3.5 grams
- 13. A unit of volume used for stacked firewood
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- 4. A unit of weight originally based on a cereal grain
- 6. A traditional South Asian unit of mass for agricultural produce
- 7. An old unit of liquid volume, especially for wine or ale
- 9. A measure of gold purity or weight for gems
- 10. A small unit of liquid volume, one quarter of a pint
- 11. An ancient unit of mass used in the Mediterranean
- 12. An old German measure of cloth length
- 14. A unit of energy rarely used for heat in old contexts
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