Definitions
a unit of length equal to 220 yards
Used in a sentence
“Novv vvould I giue a thouſand furlongs of Sea, for an Acre of barren ground: Long heath, Brovvne firrs, any thing; the vvills aboue be done, but I vvould faine dye a dry death.”
“And the winepreſſe vvas troden vvithout the citie, and blood came out of the vvinepreſſe, euen vnto the horſe bridles, by the ſpace of a thouſand and ſixe hundred furlongs.”
“[T]he Otter ſmels a fiſh forty furlong off him in the water; […]”
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Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Eighth-mile unit”7 letters
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