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‖ arsheen|ɑːˈʃiːn| Also 8–9 arshine, archine. [Russ.] A measure of length used in Russia and Turkey.
1734Treaty in Magens Insurances II. 592 English Cloth..two Copyks in Rixdollars for each Archine. 1783Martyn Geog. Mag. II. 40 The arshine or Russian ell, equal to twenty-eight and one-tenth inches English. 1819J. Q. Adams in C. Davies Metric Syst. (1871) iii. 185 Suwarrow..said to his troops, ‘A soldier's step is an arsheen.’ 1828Webster, Arshine. 1881Nature XXV. 88 The new system..of weights and measures..in Turkey..The archine..is exactly equal to the French metre. |