Fotmal

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An old English unit of weight of 70 pounds, used particularly for lead obsolete

Etymology

From Middle English fotmal, from Old English fōtmǣl (“step by step”, literally “foot-measure”), equivalent to foot + -meal. Doublet of footmeal.

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