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    The barleycorn is an English unit of length equal to 1⁄3 of an inch (i.e. about 8.47 mm). It is still used as the basis of shoe sizes in English-speaking...
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  • Look up barleycorn in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Barleycorn may refer to: A grain of barley Barleycorn (unit) a unit of length, equal to one-third...
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  • John Barleycorn Must Die is the fourth studio album by English rock band Traffic, released in 1970 as Island ILPS 9116 in the United Kingdom, United Artists...
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    the Welsh and Belgic feet seem to have been based on multiples of the barleycorn, but by as early as 950 the English kings seem to have (ineffectually)...
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    example, an inch could be defined in terms of a barleycorn. A system of measurement is a collection of units of measurement and rules relating them to each...
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    Inch (redirect from In (unit))
    two shillings, etc. An Anglo-Saxon unit of length was the barleycorn. After 1066, 1 inch was equal to 3 barleycorns, which continued to be its legal definition...
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  • northern Germany. The Compositio redefined the yard, foot, inch, and barleycorn to 10⁄11 of their previous value.[dubious – discuss] However, it retained...
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  • Paris point (category Units of length)
    close to 6.6 mm defined for the Paris point. Point (disambiguation) Barleycorn (unit), used in the English shoe sizing system. Kindtler-Nielsen, Bue, ed...
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  • English units used prior to 1824 Imperial units defined by the British Weights and Measures Act of 1824 List of unusual units of measurement "Barleycorn". Oxford...
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  • and Arşın – two Turkish units of length Bamboo – also known as the Burmese league Barleycorn – one-third of an inch. Cana – a unit of length used in the...
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  • measurement systems. Classical definitions, such as that an etzba was seven barleycorns laid side by side, or that a log was equal to six medium-sized eggs,...
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    system of units, imperial system or imperial units (also known as British Imperial or Exchequer Standards of 1826) is the system of units first defined...
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    half sizes. This unit is commonly used in Continental Europe, and Russia and former USSR countries. The barleycorn is an old English unit that equates to...
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    carob seed) was equivalent to the weight of four wheat grains or three barleycorns.: 95  Since the weights of these seeds are highly variable, especially...
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    measure, adjusting the ratios of many units of measure to multiples of 2, 3 or 5, for example there were 6 she (barleycorns) in a shu-si (finger) and 30 shu-si...
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  • different units (some only of historical interest) are shown and expressed in terms of the corresponding SI unit. Conversions between units in the metric...
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    inch, and barleycorn. (Furlongs remained the same, but the rod changed from 15 old feet to 161⁄2 new feet.) In 1324 Edward II systematized units of length...
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    traditional and ancient method of preparation. In English folklore, John Barleycorn personifies the grain and the alcoholic beverages made from it. English...
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    define a unit in terms of a specific example of that unit; for example, in 1324 Edward II defined the inch as being the length of three barleycorns, and from...
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    measures based upon such highly variable natural objects, including the barleycorn – is subject to a fair degree of imprecision. Such measures can be found...
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    Mile (redirect from Mile (unit))
    enactment of Edward I or II, notionally continued to derive English units from three barleycorns "dry and round" to the inch and this statute remained in force...
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    Yard (redirect from Yard (unit of length))
    the arm, the span of the hand, or from other natural objects, such as a barleycorn, or other kind of grain. But the yard was the original standard adopted...
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  • long as the tallest man in the [tref], with his hand above his head". 3 barleycorns (Med. gronyn heyd, Mod. heidden) = 1 inch 3 inches (Med. moduet, Mod...
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    earliest unit of mass and is the smallest unit in the apothecary, avoirdupois, Tower, and troy systems. The early unit was a grain of wheat or barleycorn used...
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  • Enrique Allen Barber Kenneth Barber Barleycorn Edward Barleycorn Edward Emilio Barleycorn – farmer Edward Thaddeus Barleycorn Barber – doctor, minister and...
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  • hears nowadays of the coomb, the pottle, the chaldron, the palm or the barleycorn. The perch, the puncheon, the span, the tierce and the toise are all but...
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    Pennyweight (category Obsolete units of measurement)
    old Tower pound came out to exactly 5,400 Troy grains (also known as barleycorns), the Tower pennyweight 22+1⁄2 Troy grains (and thus approximately 1...
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    record a solo album Mad Shadows, which turned into the Traffic album John Barleycorn Must Die. Clapton turned up backstage to a Traffic gig in 1970 and played...
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    arrangement before they were appointed to some appropriate position. The barleycorn was known as arpa in Turkish, and the feudal system in Ottoman Empire...
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    Oz-related businesses include the Oz Winery, Lincoln Street Station, Barleycorns and Toto's Tacoz. On the first weekend of October, Wamego holds its Annual...
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