verst

V0069700 (vûrst)n. A Russian measure of linear distance equivalent to about two thirds of a mile.

[French verste or German Werst, both from Russian versta; see wer- in Indo-European roots.]

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(vɛəst; vɜːst) n (Units) a unit of length, used in Russia, equal to 1.067 kilometres (0.6629 miles)[C16: from French verste or German Werst, from Russian versta line]

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(vɜrst, vɛrst)

n. a Russian measure of distance equivalent to 3500 feet or 0.6629 mile (1.067 km). [1545–55; « Russian verstá; Old Russian vĭrsta age, agemate, pair, measure of length < Slavic *vĭrsta literally, turn, bend, akin to Latin vertere to turn (see verse)]

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verst - a Russian unit of length (1.067 km)linear measure, linear unit - a unit of measurement of length

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an old Russian measure of length (traveling distance), noted in literary monuments since the 11th century.

The length of the verst changed many times, depending on the number of sazhenia contained in it and on the length of the sazhen’. From the end of the 18th century to the introduction of the metric system, 1 verst = 500 sazhen ’s = 1.0668 km.

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