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Definition of Furlongs
1. furlong [n] - See also: furlong
Lexicographical Neighbors of Furlongs
Literary usage of Furlongs
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The History of Herodotus by Herodotus, George Campbell Macaulay (1904)
"the distance of the journey in furlongs is four thousand eight 5 hundred and ...
If these measures of Egypt in furlongs be put together, the result J''' is ..."
2. Afghanistan by Angus Hamilton (1906)
"Karez (9 miles—245 miles 4 furlongs).—Road over a fine plain, crossing the Farah
Rud soon after leaving Farah. The river is about 400 yards broad, ..."
3. Historical Account of the Navigable Rivers, Canals, and Railways of Great by Joseph Priestley (1831)
"It is then level for the space of one furlong and three chains; but in the next
seven furlongs and two chains there is a rise of 49 feet; from which point ..."
4. A Descriptive Dictionary of British Malaya by Nicholas Belfield Dennys (1894)
"V. in N. division of Province Wellesley, 9 miles 6 furlongs from ... The most N.
settlement in Province Wellesley 12 miles 4 furlongs from Butterworth. ..."
5. Hakluytus Posthumus, Or, Purchas His Pilgrimes: Contayning a History of the by Samuel Purchas (1905)
"Proceeding three hundred furlongs he came to Malana, the utmost border of the
... Nearchus had sailed now i000. furlongs from Indus mouth to the ..."
6. Hakluytus Posthumus, Or, Purchas His Pilgrimes: Contayning a History of the by Samuel Purchas (1905)
"Next day they sailed two hundred furlongs to Carbis, the towne Cysa was thirty
furlongs from Sea. Here were small Fisher-boates, but the Fishermen at sight ..."
7. Hakluytus posthumus: Contayning a History of the World in Sea Voyages and by Samuel Purchas (1905)
"Proceeding three hundred furlongs he came to Malana, the utmost border of the
... Nearchus had sailed now 1000. furlongs from Indus mouth to the ..."
8. The English Village Community Examined in Its Relations to the Manorial and by Frederic Seebohm (1905)
"THE DIVISION OF THE FIELDS INTO furlongs AND ACRES. Passing next to the divisions
of the open fields, we take first the furlongs or Shots (the Latin Quar ..."
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