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cubit

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
cubit /ˈkjuːbɪt/

▶noun an ancient measure of length, approximately equal to the length of a forearm.

– origin ME: from L. cubitum ‘elbow, forearm, cubit’.

'cubit' also found in these Oxford entries:

cubital - fathom - qubit

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