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noun
A traditional unit of dry measure equivalent to about 665.8 L.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
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noun
A traditional measure of land area, vaguely reckoned as the amount of land required to sow a cahiz of seed.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
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History
From Spanish cahíz, from Old Spanish cafiz, from Andalusian Arabic and Arabic قَفِيز (qafīz, “qafiz”), from Aramaic קְפִיזָא and Classical Syriac ܩܦܝܙܐ (qəp̄īzā), of uncertain derivation from Egyptian, Akkadian, and similar units. Doublet of qafiz and cafiso. Cognate with Ancient Greek καπίθη (kapíthē).
