Lexicographical Neighbors of Oubits
Literary usage of Oubits
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Archaeologia; Or, Miscellaneous Tracts Relating to Antiquity. by Society of Antiquaries of London (1786)
"Near the entry of it was an edifice, twenty-one oubits in length, fourteen in
breadth, and eight in height, the whole confiding of only one ..."
2. Popular Astronomy: A Concise Elementary Treatise on the Sun, Planets by Ormsby MacKnight Mitchel (1866)
"THE ELEMENTS OF THE PLANETARY oubits EXPLAINED.—How THESE ELEMENTS ARE OBTAINED.
—KEPLER'S THIRD LAW.—VALUE OF THIS LAW.—THE PHYSICAL ASPECT OF MARS. ..."
3. Miscellanies by Charles Kingsley (1860)
"... Devil's Gold Rings/ and Scotsmen ' Hairy oubits.' Two hints more about palmers.
They must not be worked on the top of the water, but used as stretchers; ..."
4. The Holy Bible, Containing the Old and New Testaments: The Text Carefully by Adam Clarke (1837)
"The suburbs," says he, " of the cities are expressed in the law to be 3000.oubits on
every side from the wall of the city and outwards. ..."
5. Early Travels in Palestine: Comprising the Narratives of Arculf, Willibald by Thomas Wright, Arculfus, Benjamin, Saewulf, Willibald, John Mandeville, Bertrandon de La Brocquière, Henry Maundrell (1848)
"This temple is sixty-four cubits wide, and as many in length, and a hundred and
twenty oubits high; and within it has pillars of marble all round; ..."
6. Bibliotheca Indica by Royal Asiatic Society of Bengal, Asiatick Society (Calcutta, India) (1902)
"... by Sultan Firuz Shah The height of the Minar is about 50 cubits, and its
circumference about 5. oubits. Firuz reigned in 893 AH (1487 AC). ..."
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