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Forgotten Measures of Time and Length
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  • 1. Grain length once used as a rough unit of measure
  • 4. Ancient unit of mass associated with valuable metals
  • 6. Informal old unit of length based on width of a finger
  • 7. Smallest unit of mass formerly used in measuring precious metals
  • 11. Unit commonly used in surveying, equal to 66 feet
  • 14. Medieval unit used for measuring cloth length
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  • 2. Unit used traditionally to measure water depth
  • 3. Ancient Egyptian measure based on the length of the forearm
  • 5. Old British measure of distance roughly 220 yards
  • 8. Old measure of distance roughly three miles
  • 9. Traditional horse height measurement equal to four inches
  • 10. Unit for weighing gemstones, originally seeds
  • 12. A small land measurement unit also called a pole or perch
  • 13. Land area measure based on what could support a household

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