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Forgotten Measures of Bygone Eras
Explore a crossword featuring historic and obsolete units of measurement from different cultures and time periods.
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  • 1. Unit of volume for dry goods, especially grain
  • 2. Large cask or barrel size used for liquids
  • 4. Small cask used historically for beer or butter
  • 7. Old dry volume measure also used for grain
  • 10. Land measure used in surveying, equal to 66 feet
  • 11. Distance roughly equal to three miles
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  • 3. An old nautical unit equal to six feet
  • 5. Medieval length measure often used for cloth
  • 6. A historical land measurement equal to 16.5 feet
  • 8. Ancient Roman liquid measure for oil and wine
  • 9. Old unit of weight used in apothecary measurements
  • 12. A small unit of mass originally based on seeds
  • 13. Unit of weight traditionally used for human body weight
  • 14. Ancient length based on the forearm from elbow to fingertip

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