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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"