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Definition of Frazils
1. frazil [n] - See also: frazil
Lexicographical Neighbors of Frazils
Literary usage of Frazils
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Tate's Modern Cambist: A Manual of Foreign Exchanges and Bullion, with the by William Tate, Harry Tucker Easton (1908)
"The bahar = 815-625 Ib. Avoirdupois ; 10 frazils of Beit-el-Fakih are ... A bale
of coffee has 14 frazils, = 280 rottoli = 197-1094 Ib. Avoirdupois. ..."
2. Tate's Modern Cambist: Forming a Manual of Foreign Exchanges by [William] Tate (1874)
"10 frazils of Beit-el-Fakih are reckoned equal to 7 ... A bale of coffee has 14
frazils = 280 rottoli = 197-1094 Ib. avoirdupois. ..."
3. The Progress of America, from the Discovery by Columbus to the Year 1846 by John Macgregor (1847)
"... 3 casks of tallow, 50 cases of olibanum, 10 cases of anira'. 1068 coils of
coir rope, 1175 bags of turmeric, 1060 bags, 718 frazils, ..."
4. On the Stowage of Ships and Their Cargoes: With Information Regarding by Robert White Stevens (1871)
"Coal bags or frazils . Cochineal Cocoa, bags . ... in cases.. bags or frazils .
robbins & casks Coir yarn and fibre screwed bales.. bundles or loose rope in ..."
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