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Xylon

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A unit of length in Ancient Greece. historical

    "The xylon, in which naubia are measured. The royal (xylon) 9 comprises 3 cubits, 18 palms, 72 fingers; 10 the private (xylon) comprises 2⅔ cubits, 16 palms, 64 fingers, so that the surveyor's schoinion comprises 32 royal xyla, and 36 private (xyla)."

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ξύλον (xúlon).

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