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word_n	proper_a	sense_n	signification_n	2,806	5	9.7840	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A35425	An essay towards the recovery of the Jewish measures & weights, comprehending their monies, by help of ancient standards, compared with ours of England useful also to state many of those of the Greeks and Romans, and the eastern nations / by Richard Cumberland ...	Cumberland, Richard, 1631-1718.	1686 (1686)	Wing C7581; ESTC R14108	50,390	164

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