Explore the lost world of antiquated measurement units once used across history in this crossword puzzle.
Forgotten Measures of Ancient Weights
Explore a crossword puzzle featuring obsolete and historical units of measurement once used around the world.
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Across
- 1. Ancient Near Eastern unit of weight
- 3. Apothecary weight about 20 grains
- 5. Large measure for wine or beer barrels
- 6. Unit still used for horses, equal to 4 inches
- 8. Historic maritime measure related to rowing distance
- 9. Obsolete unit of energy replaced by the watt-second
- 10. Land measurement unit equal to 66 feet
- 15. Pole or perch, an old unit of length about 5.5 yards
- 18. Ancient weight unit used by Greeks and Romans
Down
- 2. Typographic unit historically used in printing
- 4. Unit formerly used to weigh gemstones (now standardized)
- 7. Old English measure of distance, about 1/8 mile
- 11. Unit used to measure stacked firewood
- 12. Old volume measure typically for dry goods
- 13. Historical Hebrew unit of weight and currency
- 14. Small unit of weight historically used for precious metals
- 16. Medieval measure of length, often used for cloth
- 17. A weight unit equal to 25 pounds in historic English use
- 19. Obsolete French unit of distance, roughly 3 miles
- 20. Depth measure, especially for water, about 6 feet
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