Explore the lost world of antiquated measurement units once used across history in this crossword puzzle.
Forgotten Measures of Bygone Eras
A crossword exploring archaic and obsolete units of measurement once common across cultures and trades.
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Across
- 2. Ancient measurement from elbow to fingertip
- 3. British unit weighing 14 pounds
- 4. Obsolete apothecary weight, about 3.55 g
- 5. Historic distance equal to 220 yards
- 8. Liquid measure equal to a quarter pint
- 9. Land measurement equal to 66 feet
- 13. Old unit based on the width of a hand
- 16. Unit of length equal to 16.5 feet
Down
- 1. Dry volume measure, 8 quarts
- 6. Used to describe 1/4 of a hundredweight
- 7. Large distance measure, approx. three miles
- 10. Nautical depth measurement, about six feet
- 11. Measurement still used for horses' height
- 12. Old English unit of cloth length
- 14. Small unit of mass equal to 64.8 mg
- 15. Apothecary unit between grain and ounce
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