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Definition of Arshins
1. arshin [n] - See also: arshin
Lexicographical Neighbors of Arshins
| arsheen arsheens arshin arshine arshines arshins (current term) arsier arsiest arsindole arsindoles | arsindolizine arsindolizines arsine arsine oxide arsine oxides arsinediyl arsinediyls arsines arsing arsinic |
Literary usage of Arshins
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Riverside Readers by James Hixon Van Sickle, Wilhelmina Seegmiller (1913)
"... forests of the night, What immortal hand or eye Dare frame thy fearful symmetry ?
THREE arshins' OF LEO TOLSTOY 2 ..."
2. Russian Short Stories by Harry Christian Schweikert (1919)
"THREE arshins OF LAND1 By LEO TOLSTOI AN ELDER sister came to visit her younger
sister in the country. ..."
3. Soviet Russia by Friends of Soviet Russia, Soviet Union Russian Soviet Government Bureau (New York, N.Y.) (1920)
"The rest of the mills of this grop, which are in a worse condition, will be able
to manufacture about one million arshins when put into operation. ..."
4. History of the Mongols: From the 9th to the 19th Century by Henry Hoyle Howorth (1876)
"... and on her suggesting whether they were going to make her any presents, the
envoy gave her eight arshins of English cloth, two pieces of red leather, ..."
5. Russian Overseas Commerce with Great Britain During the Reign of Catherine II by Herbert H. Kaplan (1995)
"quantity of woolen imports began falling: 1783 = 3.1 million ars- hins (2.4
million yards); 1787 = 2.9 million arshins (2.2 million yards); ..."
6. The Army and Navy Magazine (1882)
"Height without the hump, 2 arshins and 1£ ... in a camel in good condition (for
if in a bad condition the hump is lowest), 2 arshins and 8 ..."
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