Explore the lost world of antiquated measurement units once used across history in this crossword puzzle.
Forgotten Measures of Yesteryear’s World
A crossword exploring obsolete and historical measurement units once used across different cultures and trades.
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- 1. A unit of volume or weight roughly one-quarter of a bushel or stone
- 4. Large cask used as a volume measure for liquids like ale or tobacco
- 7. A tiny unit of mass based on a single seed
- 8. A rare, archaic measure, often confused with sceptre
- 10. Ancient Spanish measure of length often used for textiles
- 13. Ancient length measurement from elbow to fingertip
- 15. A medieval measure of length roughly the length of a forearm
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- 2. A small unit of weight used in apothecaries
- 3. Also called a mil, used for precise measurement
- 5. Spanish and Latin American measure for area of land
- 6. An old English unit of distance, equal to 220 yards
- 9. Measurements sometimes mixed with symbols of power, here referencing a lost unit
- 11. A surveying length equal to 66 feet
- 12. An old unit of land area equal to a quarter of an acre
- 14. An old measure based on the length or weight of a barleycorn
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