"Ellwand" is a word in ENGLISH

A measure by the ell; formerly a sworn officer in England, whose duty was to inspect and measure woolen cloth, …

A liquid measure in various countries of Europe. The Dutch anker, formerly also used in England, contained about 10 of …

Formerly, a measure of land in France, varying in different parts of the country. The arpent of Paris was 4,088 …

Formerly , a measure of length, equal to the average length of a grain of barley; the third part of …

A Scotch measure, formerly in use: for wheat and beans it contained four Winchester bushels; for oats, barley, and potatoes, …

A liquid measure formerly used in France and Great Britain, varying from half a pint to a wine quart.

An instrument resembling the astrolabe, formerly used for measuring the angles between heavenly bodies; -- called also pantacosm.

The standard unit of quantity in electrical measurements. It is the quantity of electricity conveyed in one second by the …

The portion of a line formerly occupied by the letter m, then a square type, used as a unit by …

A dry measure formerly used in Scotland; the fourth part of a boll of grain or meal. The Linlithgow wheat …

A style or column erected perpendicularly to the horizon, formerly used in astronomocal observations. Its principal use was to find …

A measure of length, the twelfth part of a foot, commonly subdivided into halves, quarters, eights, sixteenths, etc., as among …

A liquid measure formerly used for wine, equal to seventy imperial, or eighty-four wine, gallons, being one third of a …

A Burman measure of twelve miles. V () V, the twenty-second letter of the English alphabet, is a vocal consonant. …

A measure formerly used for articles brought by water, as coals, oysters, etc. The water-measure bushel was three gallons larger …