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A very old system of measurement which is used by Britain and the U.S. These are the basic and not so basic measurements of length in order. barleycorn (570,240 in a lea.) inch (3 bc.) hand (4 in.) foot (3 hd.) yard (3 ft.) fathom (2 yrd.) furlong (110 fm.) mile (16 fur.) league (3 mi) Some people insist that a rod (don't let your mind stray) is part of the standard, but, since it doesn't multiply like the others (a rod is 16.5 feet), I wouldn't include it.
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