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Definition of Sixteens
1. sixteen [n] - See also: sixteen
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sixteens
Literary usage of Sixteens
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Archaeologia, Or, Miscellaneous Tracts Relating to Antiquity by Society of Antiquaries of London (1853)
"The sayd sixteens hath not any authority to make any orders, or to set any
amercements touching yc comons, except there be and doe meet att ye Crosse nine ..."
2. The Jurist by Great Britain Courts, Great Britain (1867)
"That the sixteens gave a horse-common to the hayward of their own choosing, ...
The custom of the sixteens, though used time out of mind, be a sufficient ..."
3. History of the Parish and Town of Bampton by John Allen Giles (1848)
"No person in Aston so proper to keep this book, safe and cleane as Richard Alder,
and so convenient to wayte on the sixteens And to write down all their ..."
4. Rights of Common and Other Prescriptive Rights: Being Twenty-four Lectures by Joshua Williams (1880)
"The said sixteens hath not any authority to make any orders or to set any
amercements touching the commons, except there be do meet at the ..."
5. Imposition: A Handbook for Printersby Frederick James Trezie by Frederick James Trezie (1907)
"60 Two continuous sixteens to insert ... 61 Chambers Quadruple Sixteen Folder: Four
... 72 Brown Double Sixteen Hook Folder: Two continuous sixteens 60 ..."
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