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'''Thousand Toises per Minute'''<br> | '''Thousand Toises per Minute'''<br> | ||
+ | Noun: | ||
+ | toise, f.= | ||
+ | a former French unit of length, corresponding to about 1.949 metres<br> | ||
+ | Etymology: | ||
+ | Old French teise (cognate with Italian tesa), from Latin tesa (brachia) ‘outstretched (arms)’, from tendere ‘stretch’.<br> | ||
+ | Pronunciation: | ||
+ | /twaz/ | ||
+ | 1)a toise. | ||
+ | 2)a height gauge. | ||
+ | Retrieved from "http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/toise" |
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Thousand Toises per Minute
Noun:
toise, f.=
a former French unit of length, corresponding to about 1.949 metres
Etymology:
Old French teise (cognate with Italian tesa), from Latin tesa (brachia) ‘outstretched (arms)’, from tendere ‘stretch’.
Pronunciation:
/twaz/
1)a toise.
2)a height gauge.
Retrieved from "http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/toise"