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Forgotten Weights and Measures Unveiled
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  • 1. Nautical measure of water depth, six feet long
  • 3. Surveying measure consisting of 66 feet
  • 4. Old English weight equal to 28 pounds for wool
  • 6. Smallest unit of weight used in traditional apothecaries
  • 7. Horse height measurement equal to 4 inches
  • 10. Biblical length from elbow to fingertip
  • 11. Ancient Mesopotamian unit of weight and currency
  • 15. Old British coin that also colloquially measured value
  • 16. Old English unit for cloth measuring about 45 inches
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  • 2. Variant spelling of drachm, an old apothecary weight
  • 5. An agricultural length equal to 220 yards
  • 8. Descriptor for the 'foot' as an ancient measure
  • 9. Medieval measure of wine or ale capacity
  • 12. Ancient Greek weight roughly equal to 3.4 grams
  • 13. British unit of weight often used for body mass
  • 14. Distance old sailors reckoned as about three miles
  • 17. Common weight unit once defined by Roman libra

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