| anna | nail, or sixteenþ part [arabic]
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| beegah | 3600 sq gudge = 100 perches = arpent, b. \ 20 beswa
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| candy | [=to divide] weight of 500 lbs. Bombay c. \ 20 maund \ 28 lbs.
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| carat | ounce \ 6 (golden) solidus \ 24 carat or siliqua.
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| cash | any small coin from india, eg 0.001 tael
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| catty | Chinese wt: picul \ 100 catty \ 16 tael \ 1000 cash
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| chop | Pidgeon: quick, as in 'chop-chop', 'chop-sticks'
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| coss | league \ 5000 gudge \ 33 inches ~ 20 furlongs
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| cowry shell | A money, 320 make þe anna
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| cutcha | raw, small, weak, unfinished, opp. pucka
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| dam | money: rupee \ 40 dam \ 40 jeetul: eng "could not give a dam"
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| dub | money: dub = 20 cash
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| joss | Pidgeon god, idol < port. deus
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| ghurry | Time of 1/60 day, later, an hour-unit
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| gudge | Yard measure = 33 inches (gaz)
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| lee | Macheen itinery measure, ~ 1900 feet or 5/16 n.mile
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| mace | Malay dwt: catty \ 20 tahil \ 16 mace
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| maund | m. \40 seer \ 80 tola \ 12 masha (mace) \ 8 ruttee; from sumer mina
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| marcel | grain measure ~ 12 seer: garce \ 400 marcel \ 800 cu in
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| pagoda | S.Indian money: pagoda (7s.) \ 42 farun \ 8 cash
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| pucka | Large, refined, strong, worked, opp. Cutcha
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| rottel | An arabic pound, 100 make the qintal
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| rupee | rupee (2 s.) \ 16 anna \ 12 pie
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| seer | wt of 14400 gr, proposed 1 k'gram.
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| sicca | = tola, means coined, minted. Rupees were typically one tola
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| tael | A chinese weight orig 579.84 gt, \ 1000 tsien
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| tical | A Burmese weight, 80 make the caddy. candy \ 150 vis \ 100 tical \ 100 moo.
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| tola | wt of 180 gt, also \ 400 karsa (cash).
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| viss | S.Indian weight: candy \ 20 maund \ 8 viss \ 40 pollam \ 10 padoga wt.
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