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1. ardeb, n. View full entry 1743
...An Egyptian unit of weight and capacity used chiefly for grain, varying with the locality and the commodity but typically equivalent to approx. 330 lb (150 kg) or 5 bushels (190 litres)....
2. bath, n.3 View full entry 1398
...A Hebrew liquid-measure, containing about six and a half gallons....
3. cab, n.1 View full entry 1535
...A Hebrew dry measure, according to the Rabbins the sixth part of a seah; about 256 imperial pints....
4. cor, n.1 View full entry a1425
...A Hebrew and Phœnician measure of capacity, the same that was in earlier times called the homer, containing ten ephahs or baths = about 9½ bushels (liquid) or 8 bushels...
5. dunam, n. View full entry 1920
...A measure of land, used esp. in Israel, equal to 1,000 sq. metres or about a quarter of an acre....
6. ephah, n. View full entry 1398
...A Hebrew dry measure, identical in capacity with the bath; see bath; it is variously said to have contained from 4½ to 9 gallons. Also fig....
7. farsang, n. View full entry 1613
...‘A Persian measure of distance—the Parasang of the ancients—about four miles’ (H. H. Wilson Gloss. Ind. Terms.)...
8. feddan, n. View full entry a1817
...An Egyptian measure of land, a little more than an English acre in extent....
9. ˈfrasilah, n. View full entry 1555
...A weight varying from 12 to 35 pounds, used in the East....
10. hin, n. View full entry 1382
...A Hebrew measure of capacity for liquids, containing a little over a gallon....
11. homer, n.1 View full entry 1530
...In ancient Israel: a dry or liquid measure equal to 10 ephahs or 10 baths (about 400 litres, 100 gallons); = cor...
12. howdah, n. View full entry 1775
...A seat to contain two or more persons, usually fitted with a railing and a canopy, erected on the back of an elephant....
13. kantar, n. View full entry 1555
...A weight, properly 100 (Arabic) pounds, but varying considerably in different parts of the Mediterranean; also, a vessel containing this weight of any article....
14. log, n.2 View full entry 1530
...A Hebrew measure for liquids; the twelfth part of a hin; = about three quarters of a pint....
15. maund, n.2 View full entry 1584
...In south and west Asia: a unit of weight, varying greatly in value according to locality....
16. mithqal, n. View full entry 1555
...A unit of weight, used chiefly for precious metals in the Islamic world, varying with place and period but now generally taken to be approximately 4.25 grams (65.6 grains); a coin of...
17. omer, n. View full entry 1560
...In ancient Israel: a dry measure equal to a tenth of an ephah (about 2.3 litres, 5 pints). Also: a pot or vessel holding such a measure. Cf. the earlier form ...
18. remen, n. View full entry 1908
...An ancient Egyptian measure of length equivalent to 370.3 mm (14.58 inches)....
19. † robin, n.3 View full entry 1766
...A package used for spices or other dry goods imported from South Asia; a unit of weight, of varying value, used for such goods....
20. rottol, n. View full entry 1583
...In some Middle Eastern and North African countries: a unit of weight used chiefly for dry goods, varying locally and generally equivalent to between one and five pounds (approx. 0.45 and 2.3...
