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Definition of Arshin
1. archine [n -S] - See also: archine
Lexicographical Neighbors of Arshin
| arsheen arsheens arshin (current term) arshine arshines arshins arsier arsiest arsindole arsindoles | arsindolizine arsindolizines arsine arsine oxide arsine oxides arsinediyl arsinediyls |
Literary usage of Arshin
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Russian Journal of Financial Statistics edited by Charles Goodlet (1899)
"Special standard copies of the pound and arshin, stamped with the coat of arms
of the Moscow province, and verified by the originals, are kept at the Moscow ..."
2. The Economics of Communism: With Special Reference to Russia's Experiment by Leo Pasvolsky (1921)
"For carting coal from the mine to the station, a premium of 0.0007 of an arshin
of cloth is given for each poud-verst; in the work of loading coal into ..."
3. Russia of To-day: From the German of Baron E. Von Der Brüggen by E[rnst] freiherr von der Brüggen, M. Sandwith (1904)
"... the peasant in those provinces is fixed by investigators at 50-65 roubles per
annum for a household. If, according to more recent 1 arshin = 28 inches. ..."
4. The Dyeing of Wool: Including Wool-printing, with the Dyestuffs of by Cassella, Leopold & Co., G.m.b.H., Cassella Color Company (1905)
"1 kilogramme = 2.44 pounds (Russian). In Russian Poland the following weights
and measures are used: 1 ell = 2 feet = 0.81 arshin = 12.96 ..."
5. Russian-American Register (1920)
"... 1.75 inches 1 versta 1 arshin = 28 inches Square Measures 1 sq. ... sq.
feet 1 sq. versta Measures of Capacity 1 cub. arshin = 12.70 cubic feet 1 ..."
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