charrus

charrus
A weight by which lead and some other metals were formerly sold in England, probably containing 2100 pounds.

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  • Charre — Charre, n. [LL. charrus a certain weight.] See {Charge}, n., 17. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • fodder — noun a) Food for animals. Now measured by the old hundred, that is, 108 lbs. the charrus contains nearly 19 1/2 hundreds, that is it corresponds to the fodder, or fother, of modern times. b) A weight by which lead and some other metals were… …   Wiktionary

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