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A Hindoo measure of distance, varying from one and a half to two English miles.

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  1. n. A Hindoo measure of distance, varying from one and a half to two English miles.
  2. n. A thing (only in phrase below).
  3. n. (in India) a unit of length having different values in different localities
  4. A Hindoo measure of distance, varying from one and a half to two English miles. Whitworth. A thing (only in phrase below). Rule of Coss, an old name for Algebra. Etym: [It. regola di cosa rule of thing, the unknown quantity being called the cosa, or the thing.]
  5. A Hindoo measure of distance, varying from one and a half totwo English miles. Whitworth.
  6. n. A Hindoo measure of distance, varying from one and a half to two English miles. n. A thing (only in phrase below).