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Definition of Long hundred
1. Noun. The cardinal number that is the product of ten and twelve.
Definition of Long hundred
1. Noun. (historical) One hundred and twenty (120), 12 x 10. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Long Hundred
Literary usage of Long hundred
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Exchequer Reports: Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Courts by Great Britain Court of Exchequer, Great Britain Court of Exchequer Chamber, John Innes Clark Hare, Horace Binney Wallace (1855)
"I think that the long hundred is not a local weight. It is as much a known weight,
and known in every part of the kingdom where the English language is ..."
2. Publications by English Dialect Society (1881)
"But the long hundred is now seldom heard of except in piecework in some few trades.
Long-settle, »6. a long high-backed wooden seat, common in the ..."
3. Archaeological Review by Gomme, George Laurence, Sir, 1853-1916 (1890)
"Soc., v, 102, has already suggested that the long hundred is here meant. ...
6 Although the long hundred is now unknown in Germany, it was known to Adelung ..."
4. The Discovery of America by the Northmen in the Tenth Century: Comprising by Joshua Toulmin Smith (1842)
"The Roman numeral C, may signify either 100 or 120; that is, either the short
hundred of five score, or the long hundred of six score. ..."
5. Leicestershire Words, Phrases, and Proverbs by Arthur Benoni Evans (1881)
"But the long hundred is now seldom heard of except in piecework in some few trades.
Long-settle, sb. a long high-backed wooden seat, common in the ..."
6. The Northmen in New England: Or, America in the Tenth Century by Joshua Toulmin Smith (1839)
"The Roman numeral C, may signify either 100 or 120; that is, either the short
hundred of five score, or the long hundred of six score. ..."
7. A Glossary of Dialect & Archaic Words Used in the County of Gloucester by John Drummond Robertson (1890)
"But the long hundred is now seldom heard of except in piecework in some few trades.
Long-settle, sb. a long high-backed wooden ..."
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