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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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