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† acreme Obs. [An entry copied from Dict. to Dict. since 17th c.; its source has not been ascertained; and as the form of the word does not admit of explanation, there is ground to suspect its origination in some error in the transcription of a L. or OFr. document. If the word existed, and is correctly explained, it would be a square acre, i.e. a piece of land a furlong square = 48,400 sq. yds.]
1669J. W[orlidge] Systema Agriculturæ (1681) 321 An Acreme of Land is ten Acres. 1706Phillips, Acreme, a law-word for ten Acres of Land. 1725Bradley Fam. Dict. s.v., Acreme of Land, ten Acres of Land. 1751Chambers Cycl. s.v., Acreme, a term sometimes used in antient law-books for ten acres. [Also in 1819 Rees Cycl.] |