| 单词 | scotch ell |
| 释义 | > as lemmasScotch ell Scotch ell n. now historical a unit of length equal to approx. one yard (94 cm); cf. ell n.1 1a. ΚΠ 1638 L. Roberts Merchants Mappe of Commerce cclxvi. 225 60 Ells hath made here 72 Scotch Ells. 1787 R. Burns Death & Dr. Hornbook vii, in Poems (new ed.) 57 Its stature seem'd lang Scotch ells twa. 1870 E. C. Brewer Dict. Phrase & Fable 265/1 The English ell was a yard and a quarter, the Scotch ell a little more than a yard. 2006 Fairbanks (Alaska) Daily New-Miner (Nexis) 16 May The Flemish ell is 27 inches long, the Scotch ell 37.2, and the English ell's obsolete but once was a whopping 45 inches. < as lemmas |
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