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771:Herodotus,
638:Hand (unit)
195:. The word
173:little span
1481:Categories
1444:Winchester
1403:Pound-foot
1383:Horsepower
1373:Foot-pound
1358:Fahrenheit
1134:Tablespoon
1108:Cubic mile
1103:Cubic yard
1093:Cubic foot
1088:Cubic inch
949:Barleycorn
872:References
830:27 January
807:, 426, on
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713:27 January
688:27 January
593:or simply
573:mukhar tuu
571:(төө) and
527:Indonesian
424:nagy arasz
342:velika ped
228:See also:
177:short span
165:great span
80:newspapers
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1306:Ship load
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606:polegadas
416:kis arasz
400:Hungarian
323:Slovenian
302:Bulgarian
205:Herodotus
169:full span
1320:Pressure
1225:Hogshead
1180:Chaldron
1129:Teaspoon
803:Hesiod,
627:See also
612:) = 1/5
549:Filipino
456:Pakistan
422:, it is
414:, it is
355:vershoks
346:mala ped
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197:spithame
1408:Poundal
1393:Kenning
1363:Rankine
1286:Quarter
1122:Cooking
1081:Derived
999:Furlong
756:σπιθαμή
553:dangkal
531:jengkal
484:(वीत).
478:Marathi
467:Bengali
460:bālisht
380:shibiri
376:shubiri
372:Swahili
316:Russian
183:History
94:scholar
1353:Degree
1266:Drachm
1215:Barrel
1210:Bushel
1164:Gallon
1098:Hoppus
1074:Volume
1019:League
979:Fathom
932:Length
610:inches
493:bhitta
471:bighāt
388:futuri
384:morita
309:Polish
270:Arabic
240:inches
235:1 span
213:Hesiod
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1261:Grain
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1004:Cable
989:Chain
659:Notes
618:yards
614:varas
595:palmo
542:khuep
523:Malay
500:Tamil
489:Nepal
452:India
444:Hindi
432:arasz
428:arasz
408:thumb
404:arasz
330:thumb
312:piędź
201:Greek
161:cubit
153:thumb
146:human
101:JSTOR
87:books
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1291:Slug
1254:Mass
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1060:Acre
1055:Rood
1028:Area
1009:Mile
974:Yard
969:Foot
964:Link
959:Hand
954:Inch
939:Twip
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743:2012
715:2012
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538:Thai
525:and
504:saaN
482:weet
454:and
448:Urdu
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350:piad
319:пядь
305:педя
298:pędь
280:and
274:šibr
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142:span
73:news
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